Facts About Norfolk
- Norfolk has a total area of 10.78 square miles, of which 10.69 square miles is land and 0.09 square miles is water.
- Norfolk is located at 42°1′42″N 97°26′01″W (42.0283379, -97.4169964).
- The original name of the colony was a variant of “North Fork”, but accounts differ on the exact name: “Northfork”, “Nor’fork”, and “Nordfork” are all suggested. The name was submitted to federal postal authorities, and at some point was transmuted to “Norfolk”.
- The North Fork settlement was named the county seat in 1867. In 1875 a series of elections changed this. In the first of these Norfolk, which at the time had 45 voters, was eliminated. In a subsequent election, Madison was chosen over Battle Creek.
- Norfolk was initially explored by three scouts from a German Lutheran settlement in 1865.
- Norfolk was incorporated as a village in 1881.
- Norfolk sits in the heart of the Elkhorn Valley, with the Sand Hills lying to the west and farmland to the east.
- The estimated population of Norfolk is 24,967, as of 2021.
- Norfolk is the principal city of the Norfolk Micropolitan Statistical Area, in Madison County, Nebraska.
- The economy of Norfolk is depends primarily on agriculture, manufacturing, and food distribution.
