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 source wasn't clear whether Morton was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Morton would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.

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.

Within Michigan, the name Morton is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Etowah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Morton [Etowah County].
  - Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Morton [Jefferson County].
- 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].
- 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].

More Orphans in Wayne 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 Wayne County.

Ash	Mark
	Mason
Bay City Junction	Maybury
Beaufait Station	McKinneys
Beck	Meyers Junction
Bedford	Middlebelt
Belden	Mill
Bell Branch	Milwaukee Junction
Belt Line Junction	Mount Elliott
Bennett	Mount Olivet
Birch Hill Park
Birrell	Nallville
Borodino	Nankin Mills
Boulevard	Nankin
Brownstown	Navarre
	Newburg
Canton Station	Norris
Chandler	North Detroit
Claireview	North End
Clairview	Northeast
College Park	Northeastern
Connors Grove	Northwestern
Coolidge
Cottage Grove	Oakwood Junction
Curtis Siding	Oakwood Park
	Oakwood
Dearborn Junction	Old Redford
Dearbornville
Dearoad	Park Grove
Dehoco	Park Plaza
Delta Yard	Penford
	Penobscot
East Melvindale	Perrinsville
Eastland Center	Pike's Peak
Ecorce	Plank Road
Ecorse Junction	Plymouth Junction
Edison	Preston
Elmwood
Eureka	Redford Heights
	Redford Junction
Fenkell	Rosedale Gardens
Fishers	Rougemere
Five Points
Ford Junction	Saint Clair Heights
Ford	Salt Wells
Fordhaven	Sand Hill
Forest Lawn	Schaeffer
Fort Dearborn	Secords
Fort Shelby	Seven Oaks
Fox Creek	Sherwood Gardens
Fullerton	Skandia
	Slocum Junction
Garden City North	Southern Junction
Garfield	Stone Island
Grand Circus Park	Stony Island
Grand River	Strongs Siding
Grandale Gardens	Sumpter
Gratiot
Greenfield	Taylor Park
	Teleford
Hand Station	Telreka
Harper	Tonquish
Hickory Island	Town Line
Howlett	Trenton Junction
Huron	Trolley
	Turkey
Jefferson
Joyfield	Van Pelham

Kenwood	Wallaceville
Kercheval	Waterford
	Wayne Junction
Lake Shore Junction	West Detroit
Leesville	West End
LeGraph	Westend
Linwood	Whitewood
Livernois	Willow Gardens
Lurmet	Woodmere

Maple	Yew

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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.