Morton County, Kansas

administration
The Morton County Courthouse in Elkhart
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Elkhart
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1116 Elkhart, KS 67950-1116
Foundation :	February 20, 1886
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	3233 (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1891 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.mtcoks.com

Morton County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Elkhart . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest corner of Kansas, borders Colorado to the west, Oklahoma to the south and covers an area of 1,891 square kilometers with no significant body of water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Stanton County and Stevens County .

history

Morton County was formed on February 20, 1886. It was named after Oliver P. Morton , a US politician and governor of Indiana during the American Civil War .

7 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	9	-
1890	724	7,944.4%
1900	304	-58%
1910	1333	338.5%
1920	3177	138.3%
1930	4092	28.8%
1940	2186	-46.6%
1950	2610	19.4%
1960	3354	28.5%
1970	3576	6.6%
1980	3454	-3.4%
1990	3480	0.8%
2000	3496	0.5%
2010	3233	-7.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Morton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Dust storm in Rolla, 1935

As of the 2000 census , Morton County had 3,496 people in 1306 households and 961 families in Morton County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.39 percent white, 0.20 percent African American, 1.14 percent Native American, 1.06 percent Asian and 7.52 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.69 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.10 percent of the population.

Of the 1,306 households, 36.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.2 percent were married couples living together, 6.8 percent were single mothers, and 26.4 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent of all households were single households and 9.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.15.

29.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 93.7 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 37,232 , and the median income for a family was $ 43,494. Males had a median income of $ 31,875 versus $ 19,474 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,076.
8.5 percent of families and 10.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Web links

Commons : Morton County (Kansas) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 485135. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

^ Morton County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

37.069444444444 -101.77888888889Coordinates: 37 ° 4 ′ N , 101 ° 47 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 485135. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

[6] Morton County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .