Do you know of Morris Plains ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Morris Plains. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Morris Plains.
Our sources for Morris Plains (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Morris Plains other than they indicate that Morris Plains would be found somewhere in Morris County, New Jersey.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Morris Plains ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Morris Plains:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Morris Plains - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Morris County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Morris County.