Morton, Illinois | |
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![]() Main Street in downtown Morton | |
![]() Location of Morton in Tazewell County, Illinois. | |
![]() Location of Illinois in the United States | |
Coordinates: 40°36′42″N 89°28′01″W / 40.61167°N 89.46694°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Tazewell |
Founded | 1830 |
Government | |
• Body | Board of Trustees |
• Mayor | Jeff Kaufman |
Area | |
• Total | 12.85 sq mi (33.29 km2) |
• Land | 12.81 sq mi (33.18 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Elevation | 712 ft (217 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,117 |
• Density | 1,336.01/sq mi (515.84/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code(s) | 61550 |
Area code | 309 |
FIPS code | 17-50621 |
GNIS feature ID | 2399402[1] |
Wikimedia Commons | Morton, Illinois |
Website | Official website |
Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,117 at the 2020 census. Morton is a suburb of Peoria, located southeast of Peoria, and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community holds a yearly Morton Pumpkin Festival for a week every September, and claims that "99 percent of the world's canned pumpkin is produced in Morton," earning it the designation "Pumpkin Capital of the World".[3]