Morton Township Sedgwick County Kansas Genealogy Trails

Morton

This township was organized in 1875, by E. C. Gobin. It was first settled by George W. Walters, in 1870, at present one of the Commissioners of Sedgwick County. At an early day he kept a country supply store for cattle men and traders, but subsequently he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is still following the same. J. B. Brickhouse, formerly a groceryman at Wichita, became an early settler of Morton, and was kept in the office of Justice of the Peace until 1881, when he was succeeded by Mr. Gobin. Mr. Brickhouse is now Postmaster at Finley. The country is well adapted to stock raising, and fine stock ranges abound. The township is well watered by both branches of the Ninnescah, besides Spring and Mud creeks. Population, 478; valuation of property, $81,082. (William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)