Norton County, Kansas

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Norton County, Kansas is a rural county in northwestern Kansas known for its agricultural economy, small communities, and location within the High Plains and Smoky Hills transition area.

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Norton County, Kansas canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Nebraska
bordersCounty Decatur County, Kansas
Furnas County, Nebraska
Graham County, Kansas
Harlan County, Nebraska
Phillips County, Kansas
Red Willow County, Nebraska
Sheridan County, Kansas
Thomas County, Kansas
containsSettlement Almena, Kansas
Clayton, Kansas
Dresden, Kansas
Edmond, Kansas
Lenora, Kansas
New Almelo, Kansas
Norton, Kansas
Oronoque, Kansas
country United States of America
countySeat Norton, Kansas
elevationClass High Plains
linked to: High Plains region
FIPSCode 20137
GNISID 00485277
hasCharacteristic agricultural economy
rural
small communities
hasClimate continental climate
hasFeature Prairie Dog State Park
hasGovernmentType county government
hasSubdivisionType township
isPartOf Kansas 1st congressional district
Kansas judicial district 17
knownFor cattle ranching
crop farming
landUse predominantly agricultural
largestCity Norton, Kansas
locatedIn High Plains
linked to: High Plains region

Kansas
Smoky Hills transition zone
United States Great Plains
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
namedAfter Orloff Norton
partOf northwestern Kansas
state Kansas
traversedBy Kansas Highway 383
U.S. Route 283
U.S. Route 36 NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smoky Hills region of Kansas contains Norton County, Kansas
Sheridan County, Kansas borders Norton County, Kansas
Decatur County, Kansas borders Norton County, Kansas
Phillips County, Kansas borders Norton County, Kansas
Graham County, Kansas borderedBy Norton County, Kansas