The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The settlement was originally known as "Prince's Flats," but in a bid to convince the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to build a depot there, the town was renamed after the then-current head of the railroad, Eckstein Norton. Norton was located on the Wilderness Trail, which had been blazed by Daniel Boone, and later extensively mapped and settled by Christopher Gist. The settlement developed as a central hub for the timber trade until the coal boom of the 1830-40s.
The Hotel Norton is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Norton’s history is told.
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2 historic places in Norton
2 places in Norton are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
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When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (9) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.