Do you know of Morton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Morton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Morton.

Our sources for Morton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Morton other than they indicate that Morton would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Morton ...

We found 34 communities that share the name Morton.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Morton.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Etowah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Morton [Etowah County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Woodruff County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Morton [Woodruff County].
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Morton [Los Angeles County].
- Georgia
  - Jones County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Morton [Jones County].
- Idaho
  - Bonner County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Morton [Bonner County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Morton [Cook County].
  - Tazewell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Morton [Tazewell County].
- Indiana
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Morton [Putnam County].
- Iowa
  - Pottawattamie County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Morton [Pottawattamie County].
- Kansas
  - Chase County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morton [Chase County].
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morton [Cherokee County].
  - Morton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morton [Morton County].
  - Sedgwick County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morton [Sedgwick County].
  - Washington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morton [Washington County].
- Kentucky
  - Hopkins County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Morton [Hopkins County].
- Louisiana
  - Concordia Parish
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Morton [Concordia Parish].
- Michigan
  - Wayne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Morton [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
  - Renville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Morton [Renville County].
- Mississippi
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Morton [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Ray County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Morton [Ray County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Morton [Elko County].
- New York
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Morton [Monroe County].
- Ohio
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Morton [Monroe County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Morton.
- Oregon
  - Klamath County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Morton [Klamath County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morton [Delaware County].
  - Philadelphia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morton [Philadelphia County].
- Texas
  - Cochran County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Morton [Cochran County].
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Morton [Harrison County].
  - Moore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Morton [Moore County].
- Utah
  - Cache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Morton [Cache County].
- Washington
  - Lewis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Morton [Lewis County].
- Wyoming
  - Converse County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Morton [Converse County].
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Morton [Fremont County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Morton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Morton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Morton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Jefferson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling Mill
Alfretta	Mabel
Alice	Maben
Altadena Valley	Magella
Amity	Maury
Argo Station	McAddry
	McWilliams
Baugh's	Merkel
Baylor	Miles
Beachwood Park	Mims
Belle Sumter	Morrowville
Bellwood	Mounds
Ben Vines Gap	Mount Pinson
Bessie Mines	Mountain Woods
Birminghamport	Murray
Birwat
Biven	Norrell Junction
Boyles
Brake	Oregon
Brock's
Brunnet Heights	Palmer
Bryan Station	Partridge
Burstall	Passcut
	Passing Track
Camp Oliver	Pawnee
Catocin	Pierce
Coal Creek	Pinson - Clay - Chalkville
Cohort	Pinson Valley
Connellsville Mines	Pratt Crossing
Crestline
Crockett Junction	Quinton
Cymbling Branch
	Razburgh
Dago	Readers
Dahinda	Red Gap Junction
DeBerniere	Red Ore
Divide	Redding
Dixiana	Regent Forest
Dolcito	Rockville
	Roosevelt City
Earnest	Rugby Highlands
Elliott	Rutledge Heights
Ensley Furnace	Rutledge
Ensley Heights
	Sargon
Fairview	Sayre Mines
Five Points West	Scrap
	Shade's Creek
Garden Highlands	Shaw
Gary	Sherman
Gelowe	Slope Four
Gilreath	South Yard
Grace	Sparks Gap
Graces	Staryeacre Ford
Granlin	Stephens
Green Springs
Green Valley	Tennessee Farms
Greene	Thomas Junction
Greene's	Toad Vine
Greens	Truss
Gurley's Creek	Turpin

Hedona	Uptown
Henryellen
Huff	Vesthaven
Hughe's Siding	Vinesville
Huron
	Waddell
Interburan Heights	Watt's
Irondale Junction	West Birmingham
	West Side
Jefferson	Wheeler
Jonesborough	Wheeling
	Who'd A Thought It
Kawanee	Wilgus
	Woodlawn Junction
Leeds Mineral Well	Woodward Red Ore
Lindbergh	Wymond
Little Warrior
Lynn Crossing	Yuma

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Morton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.