Norton

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 Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts,  contains the village of Norton Center. Norton was first settled in 1669. Then called North Taunton for its location on the northern border of Taunton, Massachusetts, the town’s name was shortened to Norton upon its official establishment on March 17, 1710. Parts of Norton were originally established as Easton on December 21, 1725, and as Mansfield on April 26, 1770.

Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian sachem also known as “King Phillip”, is said to have hidden in a cave here near the end of King Philip’s War before meeting his death in Hockomock Swamp. According to one source, “Every Norton school child has been entertained with the legend of King Phillip’s Cave.”[3]

 
 
Town Hall of Norton 
70 East Main St.
Norton, MA 02766
PH: 508.285.0210
www.nortonma.org
 
Chamber of Commerces

Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce

 Serving Foxboro, Mansfield and Norton
508-339-5655
www.tri-townchamber.org
 
 Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce
12 Taunton Green #201
Taunton, MA
508-824-4068
www.tauntonareachamber.org 

 
 Norton is home to:

Wheaton College
26 East Main Street,
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
(508) 286-8200 
 www.Wheaton College
Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a Female Seminary
and chartered as a four-year liberal arts college in 1912.

The college became coeducational in 1988

TPC Boston
400 Arnold Palmer Boulevard
Norton, MA 02766
(508) 285-3200
www.tpcboston.com
“Top 10 Best New Private Clubs in the U.S.”

and the official course of the PGA and home
of the Deutsche Bank Championship 

Everett Leonard Park
6 Parker St., Norton MA

The Everett Leonard Park  is the home of the Norton Town Pool. 
The facility has a playground, a basketball court, volleyball, horshoe pit, 
a pavilion with snack stand

Lyons Field
Dean and Harvey Street, Norton MA

Lyons Field is currently used by Norton Youth Baseball

Burchill Fields
38 Plain St., Norton MA

Norton Youth Baseball / Softball league,
the complex is the home of two pristine baseball fields

Newspapers

370 Paramount Drive
Suite 3, Raynham, MA. 02767 …

 

 The Sun Chronicle
34 South Main St., Attleboro, MA
www.thesunchronicle.com