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Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
In December of 1997, Norton got its very first full traffic light.
Norton includes: Winheconnet, Barrowsville, Chartley, Cranes, and Meadowbrook.
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History, News and Stories of Norton, Massachusetts, USA

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1669 - Norton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1711 - Norton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - NORTON. [Pop. 1,545. Inc. 1711.]
Norton was probably named after the Rev. John Norton, who came to Plymouth with Gov. Winslow, in 1635, and was settled over the first church in... Read MORE...
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1854 - Norton
Norton, a post-village of Bristol co., Mass. on the Taunton Branch railroad, 27 miles S. W. of Boston. Pop. of the township, 1966.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1890 Norton Massachusetts
Norton is a farming and manufacturing town lying in the northern part of Bristol County, 30 miles south of Boston by the Taunton and New Bedford... Read MORE...
1894 - NORTON'S BIG FIRE. STARTED IN A BOX FACTORY AND EVENTUALLY BURNED OVER TWO ACRES OF LAND.
Norton, Mass., July 27. - Fire broke out yesterday in the three-storied wooden building owned and occupied by A. H. Sweet & Co. as a box factory.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Norton
Norton, a post-village in Norton township, Bristol co., Mass., near the Mansfield & Taunton Branch Railroad, 8 miles N.N.W. of Taunton, and 27 miles... Read MORE...
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1899 - Norton
Norton. - This was the seventh town formed in Bristol county and was set off from Taunton on March 17, 1710. On June 12, 1711, a bill to perfect the... Read MORE...
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1906
Norton, a post-village in Norton township (town), Bristol co., Mass., 8 miles NNW. of Taunton on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. Norton... Read MORE...
1909 - $100,000 Fire in Norton, Mass.
NORTON, Mass., May 27. - Three wool storehouses, connected with the George A. Talbot & Sons mill here, were burned to the ground to-day, causing a... Read MORE...
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