Norton, Vermont
| Norton, Vermont | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont. |
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 Location of Vermont in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 44°58′13″N 71°49′20″W / 44.97028°N 71.82222°WCoordinates: 44°58′13″N 71°49′20″W / 44.97028°N 71.82222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Essex |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.6 sq mi (102.6 km2) |
| • Land | 39.2 sq mi (101.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,319 ft (402 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 169 |
| • Density | 4/sq mi (1.7/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 05907 |
| Area code(s) | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-52750 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1462165 |
Norton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 169 at the 2010 census, down from 214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Canada–US border, immediately south of Stanhope, Quebec.
From 1970 until 1994, Norton was the location of the Earth Peoples Park, a "liberated" 592-acre (240 ha) piece of land that was open to anyone who wanted to live there, free of charge. In 1994 it was taken over by the state of Vermont and is now Black Turn Brook State Forest.
Norton is in the northeast corner of Vermont, bordered to the west by Orleans County, Vermont, and to the north by the Canadian province of Quebec. Vermont Route 114 crosses the center of the town from Norton Pond in the south to the village of Norton in the north next to the Canada–US border, at which point the highway turns east toward Averill and Canaan, Vermont. The south-north portion of the highway follows the valley of the Coaticook River, which flows from Norton Pond north into Quebec, where its water travels via the Massawippi and Saint-François rivers to the Saint Lawrence River.
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