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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Morristown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Morristown in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Morristown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Morristown data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Morristown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Morristown was listed as Morristown Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Morristown was listed as Morristown Courthouse.<1>

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)


In addition:

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Morristown. See our Misc Page for Morristown for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.