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Welcome to Mort ...

Mort is located in Anoka County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Mort is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mort lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Mort ...

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

  • Brooklyn Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Blaine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Coon Rapids
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Andover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ramsey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fridley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Shoreview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Elk River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Champlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lino Lakes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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 Mort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mort.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mort. 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 Mort.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mort ...

Looking for more information about Mort? 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 Mort, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mort.

Adding Mort to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mort 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 (so far) for Mort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mort post office opened in 1897. The Mort post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mort.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Anoka, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/