Norton Real Estate

Norton

Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and contains the village of Norton Center. The town is the home of Wheaton College and the TPC of Boston, at which the Deutsche Bank Championship, a tournament on the schedule of the PGA Tour, is contested annually on the weekend preceding the Labor Day holiday.

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."

The bandstand within the town center was originally erected using donated funds during the first Gulf War, in honor of the veterans who served from Norton.

Norton is a small but growing town. In elementary school, students were told the story of the "Devil's Foot Print," where James Wetherall sold his soul to the devil. The devil's foot print can be seen at the JCS elementary school. Every 26 years, the JCS unburies a time capsule, the last of which was buried in 1999. The Sun Chronicle describes:

So it was in December 1997, when a traffic light was installed at the intersection of routes 123 and 140 in Norton. It was the town's first full traffic light and, in a manner of speaking, it declared "Norton isn't Mayberry anymore."

Norton is generally low and swampy. The waters of the area are fed by the Wading River and the Canoe River, both of which feed into the Taunton River downstream. The two largest bodies of water in town are the Norton Reservoir, north of the center of town, and the Winnecunnet Pond on the east (on the north side of I-495), which is fed by the Canoe River and feeds into the Mill River.

The town, an irregular polygon generally oriented from northeast to southwest, is bordered by Easton to the northeast, Taunton to the southeast, Rehoboth to the south, Attleboro to the southwest, and Mansfield to the northwest.

The town is bisected southeast to northwest by Interstate 495, as well as Route 140 from north to south and Route 123 from southwest to northeast. Interstate 495's Exit 10 links the highway with Route 123. Exit 9 (Bay Street, Taunton) and Exit 11 (Route 140, Mansfield/Norton) are just over the town lines. Route 140 and Route 123 intersect at the center of town, by the town green.

Although it is not officially signed as such, many fans attending concerts and events at the Comcast Center, just over the line in Mansfield along Route 140, reach the venue by driving along Route 123 to Route 140. The town is also a part of the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (or GATRA) bus line. The nearest MBTA station is Mansfield.

The town has an open town meeting form of government, with a town manager and a board of selectmen governing the town. The town is served by the central police station (next to the town hall on Route 123), three fire stations (the central station next to the town hall, the Winnecunnet station (currently closed) and the Chartley station), and two post offices (Norton, next to the town center and Wheaton College; and Chartley, near the Attleboro line along Route 123). The town's public library is located next to the town hall, although the original still stands on Route 140 at the town green. There is also a senior center located along Route 123 near the high school.

Norton has its own public school system Norton Public Schools. There are three elementary schools: L.G. Nourse Elementary School (PK-3) on the east side, J.C. Solomonese Elementary School (K-3) in Chartley, and H.A. Yelle Elementary School (4-5) near the center of town. The Norton Middle School (6-8) is located in Chartley. Norton High School (9-12) is located near the center of town, next to the H.A. Yelle School. The school colors are purple and white and their mascot is a lancer.

High school students may also attend Southeast Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Easton or Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton free of charge. There is one private school in town, New Testament Christian School, a Baptist school which serves grades K-12. Many students also attend private or parochial schools in the surrounding communities. Norton is also home to Wheaton College.

Source: Wikipedia.org

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Number of properties currently on the market in Norton:

Single Family: 76 Properties
Mobile Home: 0 Properties
Condo: 48 Properties
Multi Family: 1 Property

Number of new Norton Real Estate listings in the last month:

Single Family: 7 Properties
Mobile Home: 0 Properties
Condo: 11 Properties
Multi Family: 0 Properties

Average sale price for Real Estate sold in Norton over the last 6 months:

Single Family: $328,773
Mobile Home: $0
Condo: $287,903
Multi Family: $399,900

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