Morton (Washington)
Lewis County
53-47175
Morton is a small town in Lewis County in the mid- southwest of the U.S. state of Washington. In the census in 2010, Morton had 1,126 inhabitants.
Geography
Morton is located at 46 ° 33'28 " north latitude and 122 ° 16'47 " west longitude and extending over 2.7 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.
The village is located around 20 kilometers by road north of the reefs Lake, a reservoir of the Cowlitz River, which flows at Longview (across from Portland, Oregon) in the Columbia River.
Morton is located southwest of Mount Rainier, the highest 4,392 m peaks of the Cascade Range. In the immediate vicinity of Morton Mount Rainier National Park, Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest lie to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
The nearest towns are Glenoma (11,8 km southwest), Mossyrock (18,6 km west-southwest ), Carlson (18,1 km north-northeast ) and Cinebar (23,2 km west ). The next major cities are Seattle (144 km north) and Portland, Oregon (174 km south-southwest ).
By Morton runs with U.S. Highway 12 almost the entire U.S. pull-through from west to east toward the highway. In the center of Morton of Highway meets the State Routes 7 and 508
History
1871 came with James Fletcher, the first settlers to the area of the present town. Named the newly created site in 1889 by Levi P. Morton ( 1824-1920 ), 22nd Vice- President of the USA ( 1889-1893 ) was ..
On January 7, 1913 Morton was given the official status of a self-managed community ( Incorporation ). Main sources of income were the logging in the surrounding woods, the harvest of Cascararinde and mining mining of cinnabar ( vermilion ). In the 1950s, Morton has been called " tie mill capital of the world", as in large scale railway sleepers here ( railroad ties ) were manufactured.
Demographic data
In the official census in 2000 a population of 1,045 was determined. These were distributed to 437 households in 273 families. The population density was 388.0 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 487 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 180.8 per square kilometer buildings.
The population was in 2000 from 95.4 percent White, 1.2 percent Indians and Asians 0.7 percent and 0.4 percent other. 2.3 percent said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.2 percent of the population consisted of Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
24.7 percent were under 18 years, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 21.9 percent of 25-44, 22.1 percent from 45 to 64 and 24.3 percent 65 and older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females were statistically 90.0 men in the over 18 -year-olds 83.0.
The median income per household was 31 063 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 37,054. The median income for men was $ 36,607, and for women about $ 23,438. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,275. Around 6.9 percent of families and 14.0 percent of the total population were below the poverty line income.