Norton, Texas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}}

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Norton is an unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas, United States.{{GNIS|1342888}} According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 76 in 2000.{{cite web | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnn38 | title = Norton, Texas | work = | publisher = The Handbook of Texas online | date = | accessdate = 2009-11-07}}

Norton, founded in 1903, was named after George W. Norton, a businessman from Kentucky. In 1968, Norton High School was destroyed by a fire. Students were split between neighboring Ballinger, Bronte, and Winters school districts. Part of the original school still stands and serves as a community center.