Morton Grove, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Niles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60053. It stands on West Fork North Branch Chicago River. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle. 25,297 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
On record in Morton Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Herbert A. Dilg Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresMorton Grove grew from 23,270 to 25,297 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23,270 | |
| 2020 | 25,297 | +2,027 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Highwood quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Morton Grove: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Niles City Dept of Public Works | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winnetka City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morton Grove in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | $10,000 | Several large trees were blown down near Dempster Street, approximately two blocks east of Interstate 94. One tree fell onto a car. Several 12 inch diameter trees were uprooted near the intersection of Laramie Avenue and Golf Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | $2,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Morton Grove. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | A tree was blown down in the backyard of a house taking down power lines. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Trees were blown down onto trails and streets near the North Branch of the Chicago River in Golf and Morton Grove. Trees were also blown down near Greenwood Street and Marmora Avenue. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of multiple tree branches down in Morton Grove near Frontage Rd and I-94. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | A large tree limb was blown down onto a road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Trees were blown down across a road in the 8900 block of Shermer Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Dempster and Austin Avenue. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Multiple large trees blown down in a residential area near Golf Road and Shermer Road. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | Penny sized hail was reported near the intersection of Golf Rd. and Harlem Ave. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | Strong thunderstorms produced hail, 1 inch in diameter, and strong winds which downed trees and power lines. |
| November 2013 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Morton Grove | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golf | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Niles | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Glenview | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Skokie | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Edgebrook | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Edison | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Park Ridge | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lincolnwood | 3.7 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Morton Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1641893 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413865. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








