| Morton Valley, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Morton Valley Location in Texas  Morton Valley Morton Valley (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′16″N98°49′00″W / 32.47111°N 98.81667°W Coordinates: 32°28′16″N98°49′00″W / 32.47111°N 98.81667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Eastland |
| Elevation [1] | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1341958 [1] |
Morton Valley is an Unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas, United States. It lies on SH-112, 6 miles (9.7 km) North of Eastland.
Eastland County is a county located in West-central Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,583. The county seat is Eastland. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1873. It is named for William Mosby Eastland, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and the only officer to die as a result of the so-called "Black Bean executions" of the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.
State Highway 112 (SH 112) is a short state highway that runs through the northern portions of Eastland County. The routing was previously designated as State Highway 69 in 1971. Vandalism to the road signage as a result of its numbering had reached epidemic proportion by 1989, driving a resolution that the number of the road needed to be changed. The cost of resigning the roadway was considered reasonable by local governments, compared to that of the measures by law enforcement agencies that would be necessary to stop the vandalism. In 1992, the district requested and was granted renumbering of this route to State Highway 112.
