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English: This is a locator map showing Morton County in Kansas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
From 1821 to late 1860s, the Santa Fe Trail was active across Morton County. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1886, Morton County was carved out of Seward County and organized, and named for Oliver Morton, who was a United States senator from Indiana from 1867 to 1877. [3] [4]
Elkhart is a city in and the county seat of Morton County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,888. [3] The south edge of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border, and the city is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from the Kansas-Colorado border.
Cicero is an unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located about 4 miles northeast of Wellington at about 2.5 miles east of the intersection of U.S. Route 81 and E 50th Ave N, next to the railroad.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Morton County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Richfield was platted in 1885 and was named for the fertility of the land. [4] A town was built up quickly: in less than one year, Richfield had 600 inhabitants. [5] In 1886, Morton County was founded and Richfield was established as the county seat.
He was separately charged in Morton County, Kansas, state court by the county attorney in a 28-count complaint related to looting the bank. Hanes was under house arrest until his sentencing in ...
Point of Rocks is a cliff in Morton County, Kansas [1] which was one of three landmarks by the same name on the Santa Fe Trail. This one was on the Cimarron Cutoff. It is now part of Cimarron National Grassland. The bluff overlooks the north side of the Cimarron River and lies approximately seven miles north of Elkhart west of K-27. [2]