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. If you can help us with Morton, please Contact Us. Morton would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. Morton was founded in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Morton is 5,960 feet [1,817 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Morton is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Morton was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Morton was located: 775 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, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 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 9 communities that are near Morton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling 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. Adding Morton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Morton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Morton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Morton. Footnotes ...
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