HORTON, a city of Brown county, Kan., U.S.A., near the north-east corner of the State, in a rich agricultural and stock raising region. It is on Federal highway 73, and is served by the Rock Island railroad. The population in 193o Federal census was The Rock Island has large repair and manufacturing shops here. The municipal water supply has been obtained by damming Mission Creek, near the city. Horton was founded in 1886.