Do you know of Morris ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Morris. 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.
Our sources for Morris (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Morris other than they indicate that Morris would be found somewhere in Wirt County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1904.
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.
Communities Also Named Morris ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Morris.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Morris.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Morris [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Morris [Nevada County].
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Morris [Litchfield County].
- Georgia
- Quitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Morris [Quitman County].
- Illinois
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Morris [Grundy County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Wyandotte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Morris [Wyandotte County].
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Morris [Jackson County].
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Morris.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Morris [Stevens County].
- Mississippi
- Jefferson Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Morris [Jefferson Davis County].
- Montana
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Morris [Camden County].
- New York
- Otsego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Morris [Otsego County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Morris [Seneca County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Morris [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Okmulgee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Morris [Okmulgee County].
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morris [Centre County].
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morris [Tioga County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Morris.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Morris [Chippewa County].
- Shawano County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Morris [Shawano County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Morris ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Morris:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Morris - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Wirt County ...
Can you help?
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 Wirt County.
| Arca | Mipp |
| Center Hill | Oil Rock |
| Olympia | |
| Dulin | |
| Reedy Ripple | |
| Irma | |
| Stella | |
| Lee | |
| Limestone Hill | Tucker |
| Lotta | |
| Winnie |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Morris could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |