| Nortons Landing, Arizona | |
| Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Arizona#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Nortons Landing |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Arizona |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | La Paz |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 213 |
| Elevation M: | 5 |
| Coordinates: | 33.0506°N -114.6442°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Area Code: | 928 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Norton's Landing or Norton's,[1] was a steamboat landing on the Colorado River, in what was then Yuma County, Arizona Territory. Today it is in La Paz County, Arizona. Nortons Landing is 52 miles upriver from Yuma, Arizona 4 miles above Picacho, California and 18 miles below the Clip, Arizona landing.[2] It lies on a rocky point of land next to the river at 215 feet of elevation just east of Red Cloud Wash and Black Rock Wash, where roads to the district mines in the mountains met the Colorado River.
Nortons Landing was developed for the Red Cloud Mine and other nearby mines of the Silver Mining District in the Trigo Mountains. The Silver District became active in 1879 when George Sills, Neils Johnson, George W. Norton, and Gus Crawford relocated many silver claims abandoned following the death of Jacob Snively in 1871.[3]
The landing and settlement was named for George W. Norton who owned the Red Cloud Mine and its smelter at the landing, and had been the engineer in charge of constructing the first railroad bridge across the Colorado River, at Yuma, Arizona in 1877.[4] The landing also had general store, and a post office called Norton's from June 4, 1883, to August 24, 1888, when it was discontinued, mail being sent to Yuma. It again had a post office from September 3, 1891, to March 13, 1894, when it was again discontinued and the town died.[1] Norton's Landing continued until April, 1897. The Arizona Sentinel, Yuma, AZ, on 17 April 1897: The famous and well-known silver district mining town, Norton's Landing, is completely deserted, on account of the low price of silver and the mines closing down. The inhabitants have all removed to that flourishing mining camp, Picacho.[5]
The site is now a ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona. Only a few foundations, mining equipment, and slag from the reduction works remain.[6]