Editing Morton, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Morton was [[plat]]ted in 1882.<ref name="Upham 457">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n476 457]}}</ref>  Morton was incorporated in 1887.<ref name="Upham 457" /> [[Darby Nelson]] (1940-2022), writer and politician, lived in Morton.<ref>[https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000414413/ Darby Miles Nelson-obituary]</ref>

The 1862 [[Battle of Birch Coulee]] took place in what would later become the town of Morton and the adjacent  [[Birch Cooley Township, Renville County, Minnesota|Birch Coulee Township]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Battle of Birch Coulee Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=71795 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>