Place:Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

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NameMorton
TypeVillage
Coordinates40.612°N 89.463°W
Located inTazewell, Illinois, United States
Contained Places
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Old Apostolic Cemetery
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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 and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located southeast of Peoria. The community holds an annual Morton Pumpkin Festival in the second week of September, and claims that 82 percent of the world's canned pumpkin is produced in Morton, earning it the designation "Pumpkin Capital of the World". This nickname had been lived up to because of the institution of the Libby's pumpkin factory. The annual Morton Pumpkin Festival gathers thousands of tourists from around Illinois and even some from other northern Midwest states, like Indiana and Wisconsin.

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