Norton County Genealogy Trails

Welcome to Kansas Trails' Norton County. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by placing data on-line for the free use of all researchers. We are proud to expand Kansas with Norton County, providing our "experience" gained from years of researching our ancestors and website hosting. We want to hear about you and the history of your ancestors from this beautiful county in the beautiful state of Kansas.

We also need contributions of your data, history and stories to make this a great place to research. Everything is helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos and County History, to name a few.

As data becomes available, we will put it online. Information will be posted as fast as we can find, type and/or receive it. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. Thank you for visiting and please come back again to view the updates made to this site.

You are welcome to use the data found here in your research. Please remember this data represents hours of painstaking research by the State Coordinator, County Host, Volunteers, and Contributors who donate to this site. Show your respect for these efforts by not using it on other websites or publications without written permission of the host and/or Contributors nor claim as your own.

If you wish to submit data of any type to this site, it will be graciously accepted and added as quickly as feasible.

Other Kansas counties are available for adoption! We are looking for individuals who are willing to transcribe, put genealogical and historical data online for the free use of all researchers. Visit our Volunteer Information page, then email Kim.

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The Northwest portion of Kansas was explored by John C. Fremont. In 1859, the Kansas Territorial Legislature named the territory "Oro". Following statehood, the Oro territory was divided into counties and Norton County was organized in 1872. It was named for the Capt. Orloff Norton, of the 15th Kansas Cavalry, who was killed in the Civil War by guerillas at Cane Hill, Arkansas on 29 October 1865. Join Our Mailing Lists Genealogy Trails Mailing Lists This Month's Featured Data Newspaper articles Edmond Cemetery Maple Grove Cemetery St. Joseph Cemetery Soddy, Norton, Norton County Search this site! site search by freefind advanced Norton County Obituaries Submission form

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