Welcome to Morita ...

Morita is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Morita is located in Howard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Morita is 2,470 feet [753 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Morita is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Morita lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Morita: 432

Communities near Morita ...

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

• Big Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Spring is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Spring <3>
• Stanton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanton is located in Martin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanton <3>
• Forsan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Forsan is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsan <3>
• Webb Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Webb Village is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Village
• Fairview
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairview is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
• Ziler
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ziler is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziler
• Knott
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Knott is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knott
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knott <3>
• Lenorah
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lenorah is located in Martin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenorah
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenorah <3>
• Greenwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood is located in Midland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Coahoma
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Coahoma is located in Howard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coahoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coahoma <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morita ...

Looking for more information about Morita? 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 Morita, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Morita.

Adding Morita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morita 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 Morita was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morita.