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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Morton

surname, from the many Mortons on the map of England, literally "moor or marsh settlement." Morton's Fork (1759) is in reference to John Morton (c.1420-1500), archbishop of Canterbury, who levied forced loans under Henry VII by arguing the obviously rich could afford to pay and the obviously poor clearly were living frugally and thus had savings and could pay, too.

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Morton, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 15198
Housing Units (2000): 6299
Land area (2000): 12.181582 sq. miles (31.550150 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.044386 sq. miles (0.114958 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 12.225968 sq. miles (31.665108 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50621
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.611571 N, 89.463310 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61550
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Morton, IL
Morton
Morton, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 2715
Housing Units (2000): 1209
Land area (2000): 0.361886 sq. miles (0.937280 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.361886 sq. miles (0.937280 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51176
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.910612 N, 75.327273 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 19070
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Morton, PA
Morton
Morton, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2249
Housing Units (2000): 908
Land area (2000): 1.411195 sq. miles (3.654977 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.411195 sq. miles (3.654977 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49464
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.724705 N, 102.757516 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79346
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Morton, TX
Morton
Morton, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 442
Housing Units (2000): 216
Land area (2000): 1.214411 sq. miles (3.145309 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015922 sq. miles (0.041239 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.230333 sq. miles (3.186548 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44368
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.551642 N, 94.985461 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56270
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Morton, MN
Morton
Morton, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000): 3482
Housing Units (2000): 1289
Land area (2000): 6.723160 sq. miles (17.412905 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.036058 sq. miles (0.093390 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.759218 sq. miles (17.506295 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49080
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 32.349056 N, 89.654366 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39117
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Morton, MS
Morton
Morton, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 1045
Housing Units (2000): 487
Land area (2000): 1.044266 sq. miles (2.704636 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.044266 sq. miles (2.704636 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47175
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.557869 N, 122.279631 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98356
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Morton, WA
Morton
Morton -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 3496
Housing Units (2000): 1519
Land area (2000): 729.919934 sq. miles (1890.483871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021128 sq. miles (0.054721 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 729.941062 sq. miles (1890.538592 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.124416 N, 101.784918 W
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Morton, KS
Morton County
Morton County, KS
Morton -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 25303
Housing Units (2000): 10587
Land area (2000): 1926.267592 sq. miles (4989.009949 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 19.008274 sq. miles (49.231201 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1945.275866 sq. miles (5038.241150 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.787422 N, 101.293188 W
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Morton, ND
Morton County
Morton County, ND
Wikipedia
Morton

Morton may refer to:

Morton (surname)

Morton is an English, Irish, and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: __TOC__

Morton (given name)

Morton is a masculine given name which may refer to:

  • Mort Cooper (1913-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Morton DaCosta (1914–1989), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor
  • Morton Downey (1901-1985), American singer
  • Sean Morton Downey Jr. (1932-2001), American singer, songwriter and television talk show host, son of the above
  • Mort Garson (1924–2008), Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter and pioneer of electronic music
  • Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor, arranger and pianist
  • Morton Ira Greenberg (born 1933), judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • Morton Horwitz (born 1938), American legal historian and Harvard law professor
  • Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), American Union Army brevet brigadier general and politician
  • Mort Kaer (1902-1992), American football player and pentathlete
  • Morton Marcus (poet) (1936–2009), American poet and author
  • Morton M. McCarver (1807–1875), American politician and pioneer in the West
  • Mort Meskin (1916-1995), American comic book artist
  • Morton Peck (1871-1959), American botanist
  • Mort Sahl (born 1927), Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist
  • Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and president of Northwestern University
  • Mort Schell (born 1943), Australian former politician
  • Morton Sobell (born 1917), American engineer and spy for the Soviet Union

Usage examples of "morton".

Conspicuous among them was Marcus Morton, who had been Governor and one of our ablest Supreme Court judges, and his son, afterward Chief Justice, then just rising into distinction as a lawyer.

Even Celestina Morton, who kept house for him and who might well have lost patience at his defiance of domestic routine, worshipped the very soil his foot touched.

Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton and was set in another dystopian near-future where everyone needed permission to travel.

Friends and neighbors were already assisting in the search, and officers were calling in with bits of information: some gloves at Wilson and Encina Avenues, a burnt white shirt in one of the park fire pits where Jennie Street intersects North Morton Boulevard.

Morton and was surprised to find the ship still carrying unreefed topsails, forecourse, and jibs, despite the rising wind.

In his turn, Morton Selwood looked toward his friend, only to view the same masklike expression.

Morton flashed a reassuring grin up to Mellanie, captured by fifty professional pairs of inserts.

Morton for not having gone to see the dentist and threatening him with gumboils, pyorrhoea, septic poisoning, indigestion and a complete set of false teeth if he persisted in behaving like a baby.

Argyll, Athol, Glencairn, Lindley, Boyd, and even Morton and Maitland themselves, those eternal accomplices of Bothwell, rose, they said, to avenge the death of the king, and to draw the son from hands which had killed the father and which were keeping the mother captive.

There was a producer, a director, and an editor whose names sounded real: Joseph Ayers, Morton Kasselbaum, and Chester Ellis.

Kirkcaldy of Grange, Morton, Lindsay of Byres, Lord Lochleven, and William Douglas hastened to him, and six thousand of the best troops in the kingdom gathered round them, while Lord Ruthven in the counties of Berwick and Angus raised levies with which to join them.

The crux of the matter was the Pennsylvania delegation, for in the preliminary vote three of the seven Pennsylvania delegates had gone against John Dickinson and declared in the affirmative, and it was of utmost interest that one of the three, along with Franklin and John Morton, was James Wilson, who, though a friend and ally of Dickinson, had switched sides to vote for independence.

Across the table from her, leaning forward in their chairs, sat Dion da Silva and Morton Opperly.

He located the formulations for Morton and translated them into a program of analysis, humming an irregular tune which never went quite right as he worked.

Gershwin, Brahms, Jellyroll Morton at one in the morning never hurt anyone.