{"id":7305,"count":7,"description":"Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, USA, known for its pumpkins and annual Pumpkin Festival. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. Morton, the home of a Caterpillar distribution facility and a Libby's pumpkin plant, is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Morton is also home to the corporate headquarters of Morton Buildings Inc. It holds its annual Morton Pumpkin Festival in the second week of September.\nMorton is located at 40\u00b036\u203242\u2033N 89\u00b027\u203248\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff40.61167\u00b0N 89.46333\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 40.61167; -89.46333 (40.611571, -89.463310).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.2 square miles (32\u00a0km), of which, 12.2 square miles (32\u00a0km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10\u00a0km) of it (0.33%) is water.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 15,198 people, 6,021 households, and 4,244 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,247.6 people per square mile (481.8\/km\u00b2). There were 6,299 housing units at an...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/morton\/","name":"Morton","slug":"morton","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/7305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=7305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}