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Welcome to Mount Morris ...

Mount Morris is located in Waushara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Morris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Morris: Mt. Morris

Mount Morris is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mount Morris ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Mount Morris - they are located in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Mount Morris ...

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

  • Waupaca
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Berlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wautoma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
  • Redgranite
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Weyauwega
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Princeton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Plainfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
  • Wild Rose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fremont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Coloma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Coloma is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people

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

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

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

Adding Mount Morris to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Morris 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 Mount Morris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Mount Morris post office opened in 1854. The Mount Morris post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Morris.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waushara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Morris - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/