Morton
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village in Tazewell County, Illinois
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Tazewell
- Body
- Board of Trustees
- Village president
- Jeff Kaufman
- Total
- 12.85 sq mi (33.29 km )
- Land
- 12.81 sq mi (33.18 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 712 ft (217 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 17,557
- Density
- 1,336.0/sq mi (515.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-50621
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Morton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tazewell County
- Population
- 15198
- Area
- 33.662644
- Elevation
- 217
- Official website
- www.morton-il.gov
- Households
- 6721
- Dialing code
- 309
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- postal code
- 61550
- Commons category
- Morton, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 0.3402
- per capita income
- 42184
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Encyclopedic 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".
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