Morton County

Also known as Morton County, Kansas, Morton County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: February 20, 1886
Named after: Oliver Morton
Seat: Elkhart
Largest city: Elkhart
Total: 730 sq mi (1,900 km )
Land: 730 sq mi (1,900 km )
Water: 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
Estimate 2025: 2,470
Density: 3.7/sq mi (1.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 1st
Website: mtcoks.com

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Official website

Morton County, KS | Official Website

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Oliver P. Morton
Country: United States
Located in: Kansas
Contains: Elkhart
Capital: Elkhart
Population: 2701
Area: 1891
Time zone: Central Time Zone
Shares border with: Baca County
Official website: www.mtcoks.com
Image: MortonCoCH.jpg
Households: 1036

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Commons category: Morton County, Kansas
topic's main category: Category:Morton County, Kansas
inception: 1886-02-20
different from: Morton County
water as percent of area: 0.03
native label: Morton County
per capita income: 23754
category of associated people: Category:People from Morton County, Kansas

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Encyclopedic overview

Morton County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Elkhart. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,701. The county was named after Oliver Morton, the 14th governor of the state of Indiana.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.