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Welcome to Morris ...The city of Morris is located in Grundy County<1> and is the County Seat for Grundy County. The location of Morris has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Morris: MOR-ris<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Morris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1842. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Morris has a population of 15,047 people<4> (see below for details). Morris is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Morris lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Morris: (815) & (779)<6> The ZIP code for Morris: 60450<7> Websites for Morris ...Chamber of Commerce: www.grundychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Morris, the following might be of interest: Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Morris had an population of 15,047 people. This is an increase of 10.35% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 26.15% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Morris had a population of 13,636 people (or 27.24% of the total population of Grundy County). This makes Morris the county's most populous community. The population of Morris represents 0.11% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 179th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 13,636 people, the population of Morris increased 14.32% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 11,928 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Morris. Communities Also Named Morris ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Morris - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morris. Communities near Morris ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Morris.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Morris. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morris. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Morris. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morris. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Morris. Our list includes 23 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Morris. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morris ...Looking for more information about Morris? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Morris, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Morris. Adding Morris to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Morris in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Morris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Morris in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Morris. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morris. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Grundy County: www.grundyco.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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