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Morton County, in the extreme southwest corner of the state, is bounded on the north by Stanton county; on the east by Stevens; on the south by the State of Oklahoma, and on the west by the State of Colorado. It comprises the territory defined as Kansas county in 1873, except that it extends 3 miles further east. The boundaries were defined in Feb., 1886, by the legislature as follows: "Commencing at the intersection of the section line 3 miles east of the west line of range 39 west with the 6th standard parallel; thence south along said section line to where it intersects the south boundary line of the State of Kansas; thence west along said boundary line to the southwest corner of the State of Kansas; thence north along the west boundary line of the State of Kansas to where it intersects the 6th standard parallel; thence east to the place of beginning."1

Organized November 18, 1886. County seat, Richfield. Was named in honor of Honorable Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana.₂

1. Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history...Vol II
Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Morton County Medical Directory 1920	2K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Army Enlistees (World War II)	28K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
May, Stella Lavena (Carlile) August 2, 2007	>3K	Aug 2007	Maggie Stewart
Oshel, Irene August 1, 2007	1K	Aug 2007	Maggie Stewart
Palmer, Dale July 29, 2007	3K	Aug 2007	Maggie Stewart

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