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Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,117 at the 2020 census. Morton is a suburb of Peoria, located southeast of Peoria, and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community holds a yearly Morton Pumpkin Festival for four days every September, and claims that "99 percent of the ...
The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden [1] and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [2] Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored ...
Morton Salt is the sponsor of the Morton Arboretum, a 1,700-acre (690 ha) botanical garden in Lisle, Illinois. It was established by Joy Morton , the company's founder, in 1922 to encourage the display and study of shrubs, trees, and vines. [ 4 ]
Location; Morton, Illinois. United States ... Morton High School is the four year public high school of Morton Community Unit School District 709 in Morton, Illinois.
Morton Grove is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 25,297. [3] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.. The village is named after former United States Vice President Levi Parsons Morton, who helped finance the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (later the Milwaukee Road), which roughly tracked the North Branch of the Chicago ...
Website. www.morton.edu. Morton College is a public community college in Cicero, Illinois. It is the second oldest community college in the state only after Joliet Junior College. [ 2 ] While the campus itself was constructed in 1975, the college was established in 1924. Before the construction of the campus, the college was housed in the same ...
Since the 1985–1986 school year, Morton West and Morton East have operated a unified athletics program, recognized by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) as Berwyn-Cicero (Morton). [ 18 ] Teams are stylized as the Mustangs, with school colors of maroon and cream. From 1958—85, Morton West had its own athletic program.
There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.