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Welcome to Morses Line ...

Morses Line is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morses Line, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Morses Line is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Morses Line: 802

Communities Also Named Morses Line ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Morses Line - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Morses Line ...

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

  • Cowansville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Farnham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farnham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
  • Saint Albans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Swanton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
    • Swanton is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Saint Albans
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
  • Sutton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Highgate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highgate have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Highgate is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Dunham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
  • Enosburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
    • Enosburg is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <4>
  • Lacolle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacolle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacolle

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morses Line ...

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

Adding Morses Line to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morses Line 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 Morses Line was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Morses Line post office opened in 1892.

We also found Morses Line on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morses Line.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morses Line - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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