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Welcome to Morse ...

Morse is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Morse is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Morse lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Morse: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Morse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Morse - they are located in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morse.

Communities near Morse ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Morse.

  • Oswego
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Fulton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Baldwinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Syracuse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Liverpool
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Central Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mexico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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 Morse. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morse.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Morse. 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 Morse.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Morse. See our Newspapers Page for Morse.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morse ...

Looking for more information about Morse? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Morse, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Morse.

Adding Morse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morse 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 (so far) for Morse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Morse post office opened in 1891. The Morse post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Morse area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Morse area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/