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Morton’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Morton Township is a township in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 404.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 463 to 404 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1958.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Morton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morton’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Morton

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Peggy HullPeggy HullBennington · 12 miJessa CrispinJessa CrispinLincoln Center · 15 miDHDaniel Ray HullLincoln Center · 15 miDonald K. RossDonald K. RossBeverly · 6 miFrank RichardsFrank RichardsMinneapolis · 12 miJames BergerJames BergerMinneapolis · 12 mi
By decade

Morton, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Morton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Morton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lincoln City Park in Lincoln Center, 14.8 miles away.

Morton and the nearest listed places

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Lincoln City ParkMarshall-Yohe HouseLincoln Carnegie LibraryLincoln County CourthouseLincoln High SchoolCummins Block Building

Closest to Morton

Lincoln City ParkLincoln Center · District14.8miMarshall-Yohe HouseLincoln Center · Building14.8miLincoln Carnegie LibraryLincoln Center · Built 191415.1miLincoln County CourthouseLincoln Center · Built 188915.1miLincoln High SchoolLincoln Center · Building15.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lincoln City Park’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Morton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Morton’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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