Founded in the year 1867, the Norton County covers an area of 881.39 sq mi approximately. Norton is the county seat and the largest city. A population of around 5.6K people with an incredible admixture of White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others stays here with more than 2.2K housing units and around 1.4K families. It is named after Orloff Norton, Union captain and the Civil War hero.

The vital and public records archive of the Norton County, KS, provides huge information on census index, military rank, unit and service records, last will and estate records, marriage and divorce decree information, naturalization and immigration data, death and obituary news, origin and birth history, land assessment deeds, World War I & II and American civil war particulars, adoption specifics, civil lawsuit news along with ancestral Social Security Numbers.