Welcome to Morton ...

Morton is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Morton is located in Bonner County<1>.

The location of Morton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Morton is 2,080 feet [634 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Morton lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Morton (for example, toward Libby (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Telephone area codes for Morton: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities Also Named Morton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Morton - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (3), Utah, Washington and Wyoming (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morton.

Communities near Morton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Morton.

• Sandpoint
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpoint
  • Sandpoint is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandpoint <5>
• Spirit Lake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spirit Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Lake
  • Spirit Lake is located in Kootenai County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spirit Lake <5>
• Newport
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <5>
• Priest River
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest River
  • Priest River is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,930 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Priest River <5>
• Ponderay
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderay
  • Ponderay is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,180 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ponderay <5>
• Kootenai
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kootenai
  • Kootenai is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kootenai <5>
• Dover
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Dover is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <5>
• Athol
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
  • Athol is located in Kootenai County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athol <5>
• East Hope
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
  • East Hope is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
• Oldtown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
  • Oldtown is located in Bonner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oldtown <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Morton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Morton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Morton. See our Newspapers Page for Morton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morton ...

Looking for more information about Morton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Morton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Morton.

Adding Morton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Morton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Morton post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bonner County: www.co.bonner.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/