Morton (surname)
Morton is an English, Irish, and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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*Adam Morton (1945–2020), Canadian philosopher
*Alan Morton (disambiguation), several people
*Alexander Morton (disambiguation), Alexander ...
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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) ...
Fictional
* Morton Koopa, Jr., one of the
Koopalings
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in the ''Mario'' franchise
* A character in the ''
Charlie and Lola
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'' franchise
* A character in the 2008 film ''
Horton Hears a Who!
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* Morton Slumber, a funeral director who assists the diamond smuggling ring in '' Diamonds Are Forever''
* Morton "Mort" Rainey, an author and the main character of the 2004 film ''
Secret Window
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Places
Canada
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Rural Municipality of Morton
The Rural Municipality of Morton is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 1, 1890. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially m ...
, Manitoba, a former rural municipality
* Morton, Ontario, a community in Rideau Lakes
Morton, Westmorland and Furness
Morton is a hamlet near the village of Calthwaite, in the civil parishes of Hesket and Skelton, within the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It bor ...
, Cumbria
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Morton, Derbyshire
Morton is a civil parish and village, three miles north of Alfreton in North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 1,195.
History
A hoard of Roman coins found between Hagg House Farm and Morto ...
Morton, Isle of Wight
On the Isle of Wight, Morton is the area of Brading where Morton Marshes and the Eastern Yar, River Yar form a boundary to the extension of Housing estate, housing estates from Sandown.
Morton is distinguished by Common hawthorn, hawthorn hed ...
Morton, West Lindsey
Morton is a suburban village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 1,325. It is north of Gainsborough on the River Trent and forms part of a built-up area with the town.
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Morton, Norfolk
Morton on the Hill is a small but scattered village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about north-west of Norwich. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 85 in 34 households at the 2001 census.Morton, Nottinghamshire
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Morton-on-Swale
Morton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the A684 road about west of the county town of Northallerton. It is less than to the village of Ainderby Steeple. As the name suggests it lies on the River ...
location
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civil parish
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Morton Castle
Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above River Nith, Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies north-east of Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles ...
, a seat of the Earls of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Morton, Illinois
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 canne ...
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Morton, Indiana
Morton is a small unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
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, an unincorporated community
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Morton, Minnesota
Morton is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. This city is ninety-five miles southwest of Minneapolis. It is the administrative headquarters of the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation. The population was 411 at the 2010 census.
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, a city
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Morton, Mississippi
Morton is a city in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,462 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Morton is surrounded by the Bienville National Forest. Roosevelt State Park is southwest of the community.
According to the U ...
Morton, Texas
Morton is a city in and the county seat of Cochran County, Texas, Cochran County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 1,690. This represented a 15.8% population decline since the 2010 C ...
, a city
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Morton, Washington
Morton is a city in Lewis County, Washington, Lewis County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The population was 1,036 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
19th century
A village of the Cowlitz people, Upper Cowl ...
, a city
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Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington
Lake Morton-Berrydale is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,474 at the 2020 census.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Lake Morton-Berrydale ...
, an unincorporated community
* Morton, Wyoming, an unincorporated community
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Morton Arboretum
The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometre ...
, a large plant collection in Lisle, Illinois
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Lake Morton (Florida)
Lake Morton is a lake in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, in the United States
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, a lake in Florida
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Lake Morton (Washington)
Lake Morton is a lake located in King County, Washington, in the Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington, Lake Morton-Berrydale census-designated place.
Description
Lake Morton allows fishing, and is stocked with rainbow trout annually by the Washingto ...
, a lake in Washington
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Morton Township (disambiguation) Morton Township may refer to:
* Morton Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
* Morton Township, Page County, Iowa
* Morton Township, Ottawa County, Kansas, in Ottawa County, Kansas
* Morton Township, Pawnee County, Kansas, in Pawnee County, Kansas
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Morton County (disambiguation) Morton County is the name of two counties in the United States:
* Morton County, Kansas
* Morton County, North Dakota
Morton County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the populatio ...
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Camp Morton
Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. Prior to the war, the site served as the fairgrounds for the ...
, an American Civil War military training ground and prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Indiana
Elsewhere
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Morton Strait
Morton Strait is the and strait between Snow Island (South Shetland Islands), Snow Island on the southwest and Rugged Island (South Shetland Islands), Rugged Island and Livingston Island on the northeast, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarc ...
, Antarctica
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Morton National Park
The Morton National Park is a national park located in the Southern Highlands, South Coast and Illawarra regions of New South Wales, Australia, situated approximately south southwest of Sydney.
Location and features
The most notable attracti ...
, New South Wales, Australia
* Morton, Vienne, France, a commune
Businesses
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Morton Frozen Foods
Morton Frozen Foods is the brand name of a now-discontinued line of frozen foods, including honey buns, jelly donuts, and pot pies, that was distributed nationwide in the United States for almost 50 years. It was ultimately acquired by ConAgra ...
Morton's Restaurant Group
Morton's The Steakhouse is a chain of steak restaurants with locations in the United States and franchised abroad, founded in Chicago in 1978. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landry's.
History
Morton's was co-founded in 1978 by Arnold J. Mo ...
, owner and operator of upscale restaurants, including Morton's The Steakhouse
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Morton Salt
Morton Salt is an American food company producing salt for food, Water purification, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use. Based in Chicago, the business is North America's leading producer and marketer of salt. It i ...
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Morton (restaurant)
Morton is a Finland, Finnish restaurant chain consisting of hamburger restaurants built into cargo containers active in summertime and the all-year-round restaurant Morton in Helsinki.
History
The 22-year-olds Jarna Kaplas, Petri Virta and Iiro ...
, a Finnish restaurant chain
Schools
* Morton College, a community college in Cicero, Illinois
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Morton High School (disambiguation) Morton High School could refer to the following schools in the United States:
* J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 — a district, or any of its three campuses, in Cook County, Illinois
* Morton High School (Morton, Illinois) — t ...
Titles
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Earl of Morton
The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted. This latter title is the courtesy title for the eldest son and heir to the Earl of Morton. ...
, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
* Morton baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England
Morton Stadium
Morton Stadium, or the National Athletics Stadium, is an athletics stadium in Santry Demesne, Santry in Ireland. Often called Santry Stadium, it is the centre for athletics events in Dublin city and the home track of Clonliffe Harriers. Manag ...
, Santry, Dublin, Ireland
* Morton station, a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Morton, Pennsylvania
* , a US Navy destroyer
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Ulmus 'Morton'
''Ulmus'' 'Morton' (selling name ) is an elm cultivar cloned from a putative intraspecific Hybrid (biology), hybrid planted at the Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massac ...
, a variety of elm tree that originated at the Morton Arboretum
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Morton's neuroma
Morton's neuroma is a benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of the second and third intermetatarsal spaces (between the second/third and third/fourth metatarsal heads; the first is of the big toe), which results in ...
, a medical condition affecting the foot
See also
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Moreton (disambiguation) Moreton may refer to:
People Given name
* Moreton John Wheatley (1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks
Surname
* Alice Bertha Moreton (1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist
* Andrew Moreton, a ...