A now-abandoned branch line of the former Northern Pacific Railway once terminated at Norris.

The location is a hilly, relatively arid area used for farming and ranching; the Tobacco Root Mountains form a visual backdrop to the west.

Norris Hot Springs is 0.4 miles (0.6 km) east of the town, and an agricultural experiment station operated by Montana State University - Bozeman is at Red Bluff, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east on Highway 84.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Norris CDP has an area of 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2), all of it recorded as land.

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