Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 470,212, and grew to 487,548 as of the Census Bureau's 2008 estimate. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown.
Morris County was the sixth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income, and ranked tenth by per capita income. It is the ninth-wealthiest county in the United States by personal per-capita income, the highest rank in New Jersey. The county ranked third in the New York Metropolitan area in terms of median income.
History
The area of Morris County was inhabited by the Lenape prior to the coming of the Europeans. Although trading with the Lenape had occurred consistently while the area was part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, European settlements only began in the early 1700s while it was the English Province of New Jersey.
Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon County. The county was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris. In later years Sussex County (on June 8, 1753) and, after the revolution, Warren County (on November 20, 1824, from portions of Sussex County) were carved out of what had been the original area of Morris County under English rule.
The county was the site of two winter encampments by the Continental Army, including the worst the army ever spent, 1779-1780.
Municipalities
The following is a list of the municipalities in Morris County. Other, unincorporated areas in the county are listed below their parent municipality (or municipalities, as the case may be). Most of these areas are census-designated places that have been created by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a township.
- Boonton Town
- Boonton Township
- Butler
- Chatham Borough
- Chatham Township
- Chester Borough
- Chester Township
- Denville Township
- Indian Lake
- Union Hill
- Cedar Lake
- Estling Lake
- Dover
- East Hanover Township
- Florham Park
- Hanover Township
- Cedar Knolls
- Whippany
- Harding Township
- Green Village
- New Vernon
- Jefferson Township
- Picatinny Arsenal
- Kinnelon
- Lincoln Park
- Long Hill Township
- Gillette
- Meyersville
- Millington
- Stirling
- Madison
- Mendham Borough
- Mendham Township
- Brookside
- Ralston
- Pleasant Valley
- Mine Hill Township
- Montville Township
- Pine Brook
- Towaco
- Morris Plains
- Morris Township
- Collinsville
- Convent Station
- Washington Valley
- Morristown
- Mount Arlington
- Mount Olive Township
- Budd Lake
- Flanders
- Mountain Lakes
- Netcong
- Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
- Greystone Park
- Lake Hiawatha
- Lake Parsippany
- Parsippany
- Troy Hills
- Pequannock Township
- Pompton Plains
- Randolph Township
- Mount Freedom
- Riverdale
- Rockaway Borough
- Rockaway Township
- Hibernia
- Lake Telemark
- White Meadow Lake
- Green Pond
- Picatinny Arsenal
- Roxbury Township
- Landing*
- Ledgewood
- Port Morris
- Succasunna-Kenvil
- Flanders
- Victory Gardens
- Washington Township
- Long Valley
- Wharton
