Morton

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Morton

Total population

16,595

Median home value

$239,400

46.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$94,402

Morton$94k

National$74k

Elevation217 m

Land area33.66 km²

Weather75°F · Clear

Coordinates40.61°, -89.47°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,117 at the 2020 census. The community holds a yearly Morton Pumpkin Festival for four days every September, and claims that "99 percent of the world's canned pumpkin is produced in Morton," earning it the designation "Pumpkin Capital of the World".

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Current forecast

Forecast for Morton, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Roger Phegley

American basketball player

Abigail Scott Duniway

American suffragist, writer, journalist, pioneer (1834–1915)

David E. Lilienthal

Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority and Atomic Energy Commission.

H

Howard Lance

American businessman

K

Kenny Robertson

American martial artist

Catherine Amanda Coburn

Newspaper editor from Oregon, United States

D

David Burritt

American businessman

M

Martin B. Lohmann

American businessman and politician

B

Brooke Hoerr

Comedian

Eva Ingersoll Brown

(1863-1928) American suffragist and social activist

Eva Parker Ingersoll

American freethinker and activist

T

Travis Reinking

American mass murderer

A

Andrew Justice

American pornographic actor

L

Lesley Swick Van Ness

American actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Creve Coeur
  7.2 mi away
• Deer Creek
  7.2 mi away
• Bartonville
  10.3 mi away
• Bellevue
  12 mi away
• Eureka
  12.1 mi away
• Congerville
  13.7 mi away
• Bay View Gardens
  14.2 mi away
• Danvers
  16.4 mi away
• Delavan
  17.3 mi away
• Carlock
  17.9 mi away
• Dunlap
  19.4 mi away
• Armington
  20.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Morton

Historical encyclopedia of Illinois

Newton Bateman · 1899

Morton Grove, Illinois

1995

Illinois cases on equity jurisprudence

Morton S. Cressy · 1910

History and government of Illinois ..

Oliver Morton Dickerson · 1919

Morton D. Barker Paperweight Collection

George N. Kulles · 1985

Morton Grove

Mary Busch · 2013

Morton quadrangle, Illinois--Tazewell Co., 1995

United States Geological Survey · 1996

The Illinois Constitutional convention of 1862

Oliver Morton Dickerson · 1905

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