Editing Norton, Virginia (section)

==History==
The settlement was originally known as "Prince's Flats," but in a bid to convince the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Evolution of Norton|url=http://www.nortonva.gov/index.aspx?NID=446|website=City of Norton|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> to build a depot there, the town was renamed after the then-current head of the railroad, Eckstein Norton. Norton was located on the Wilderness Trail, which had been blazed by [[Daniel Boone]], and later extensively mapped and settled by Christopher Gist. The settlement developed as a central hub for the timber trade until the coal boom of the 1830-40s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Te nnis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA19|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=19}}</ref>

The [[Hotel Norton]] is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>