History
Mortin was officially incorporated on January 7, 1914.

Geography
Morton is located at 46°33'Twenty-eight" North, 122°16'47" West (46.557869, -122.279631).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the number front yard of Two.Heptad km² (1.0 mi²). Deuce.Septenary klick² (One.Cipher mi²) of these are l& and none of the locality is covered using a lake.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1,045 people, 437 house, & 273 families living in the city. A population density is 388.0/km² (1,000.7/mi²). There are 487 housing units at an typical density of 180.8/km² (466.4/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 95.41% White, 0.00% African American, 1.24% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 2.30% from two or more races. Single.15% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 437 home away from which Xxvii.9% stand toddlers under a age of Xviii accept the children, 51.0% come married couples living together, 9.4% have a female homeowner by using there are no hubby present, & 37.3% come non-families. 33.2% of everthing family come mass produced higher of people & Xvii.8% develop individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Deuce.3Two & a typical personal size is 2.91.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Xxiv.Septenary% under a age of Eighteen, 7.0% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxi.9% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-two.1% from either 45 to 64, & Xxiv.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 43 years. For each C females there are Xc.Nought males. For each Century females age Xviii & concluded, there are 83.Zero males.

the median income for a house in the city is $31,063, & the median income for a personal is $37,054. Males have a median income of $36,607 versus $23,438 for females. A per capita income for the city is $16,275. Fourteen.0% of the people & Sixer.9% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Eighteen.1% of victims under a age of 18 & 6.8% of victims 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Politics
Morton occurs as fairly Republican area, although less so than Lewis County as a whole. A effects for the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election were as follows:

George W. Bush (Republican) - 282 (58.51%) John F. Kerry (Democrat) - 192 (39.83%) More candidates - Five (One.04%) Ralph Nader (Independent) - 3 (Cypher.62%)