Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Morton Grove, IL

Morton Grove is a village in Cook County, Illinois, nicknamed 'The Grove,' located about 14 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.

Morton Grove is named after Levi Parsons Morton, a U.S. Vice President and railroad financier who helped finance the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, which built a stop at the old Miller's Mill and gave the settlement its name.

Morton Grove was incorporated on December 24, 1895 - just eight days before its namesake, Levi Morton, became Governor of New York.

English farmers settled the Morton Grove area in 1830-1832, followed by farmers from Germany and Luxembourg, and John Miller built a water-powered sawmill on the North Branch of the Chicago River shortly after 1841.

Morton Grove first gained national recognition for its greenhouses: the Poehlmann Brothers' floral business grew into one of the world's largest floral firms, and one of its roses won first place at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

During Prohibition, Morton Grove's nightclubs and speakeasies - including the Dells and the Lincoln Tavern, which became a gambling casino with over 400 slot machines - drew visitors from across the North Shore because neighboring Evanston was dry.

Morton Grove's population soared from 2,010 in 1940 to 20,533 in 1960 after the Edens Expressway opened, and reached 25,297 at the 2020 census.

Morton Grove has 9,015 households, according to the 2020 census.

In 1981, Morton Grove became the first town in America to prohibit the possession of handguns; the ban survived federal court challenges, but the village repealed it on July 28, 2008, following the U.S. Supreme Court's Heller decision.

Morton Grove has one of the largest Asian communities on Chicago's North Shore - Asian residents made up about 34% of the village's population in the 2020 census.