Norton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 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.
History
From 1970 until 1994, Norton was the location of the Earth Peoples Park, a "liberated" 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.
Geography
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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Norton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.04%, is water. The highest point in town is Brousseau Mountain near the eastern border.
Demographics
As of the census