Welcome to Morton ...So far, we found very little information about Morton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Morton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Morton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Morton, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Morton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Morton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. The Area Code where Morton was located: 620 Communities Also Named Morton ...While we believe that this Morton is located in Cherokee County, we know of another 4 Kansas communities named Morton. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chase, Morton, Sedgwick and Washington County. Beyond Kansas, there are 34 communities that are also named Morton - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, 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. Adding Morton to Our Gazetteer ...As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Morton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> For more details, see References and Mentions for Morton. Footnotes ...
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