Morton is a city in Lewis
County
, Washington
, United
States
. The population was 1,045 at the
2000 census.
History
Morton was officially incorporated on January 7, 1913. The city was
named after
Benjamin Harrison's
Vice President,
Levi P. Morton, in 1889. Historic sources of revenue
included
logging, harvesting of
cascara bark, and mining for
Cinnabar (Mercury) in local mines.Morton
was once known as the "tie mill capital of the world" in the 1950s.
The longest
railroad tie dock in the
world ran along the railroad tracks east of Morton.
Geography
Morton is located at (46.557869, -122.279631) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of
1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 1,045
people, 437 households, and 273 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,000.7
people per square mile (388.0/km²). There were 487 housing units at
an average density of 466.4/sq mi (180.8/km²). The racial
makeup of the city was 95.41%
White, 1.24%
Native American, 0.67%
Asian, 0.38% from
other races, and 2.30% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.15%
of the population.
There were 437 households out of which 27.9% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were
married
couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 33.2% of all
households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living
alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age
of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to
64, and 24.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
43 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,063, and the
median income for a family was $37,054. Males had a median income
of $36,607 versus $23,438 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$16,275. About 6.9% of families and 14.0% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 18.1%
of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Morton is a fairly
Republican area, although
less so than Lewis County as a whole. The results for the
2008 U.S. Presidential Election were
as follows:
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