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((Short description|County in New Jersey, United States))
((Use mdy dates|date=November 2021))
((Infobox U.S. county
| county             = Morris County
| state              = New Jersey
| type               = [[List of counties in New Jersey|County]]
| flag               = Flag of Morris County, New Jersey.png
| seal               = Seal of Morris County, New Jersey.png
| ex image           = Morristown District NJ.JPG
| ex image size      = 300px
| ex image cap       = The [[Morristown Green]], a historic park, serves as a gathering place and a center of culture within [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]], the [[county seat]] of Morris County.
| founded year       = 1739<ref name=Story/>
| founded date       = March 15
| named for          = Colonial governor [[Lewis Morris (governor)|Lewis Morris]]
| leader_title       = Director of the Board of Commissioners
| leader_name        = John Krickus ([[Republican Party (New Jersey)|R]], term ends December 31, 2023)
| seat wl            = Morristown
| city type          = township
| largest city       = [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills Township]] (population)<br/>[[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]] (area)
| area_total_sq_mi   = 481.52
| area_land_sq_mi    = 460.97
| area_water_sq_mi   = 20.55
| area percentage    =  4.3
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=CensusArea/>
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_total   = 509285
| population_footnotes = <ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/>
| population_density_sq_mi = 1104.8
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_est     = 511151
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst/>
| coordinates        = ((Coord|40.87|-74.55|display=inline,title|type:adm2nd_region:US-NJ_source:UScensus1990))
| district           = 7th
| district2          = 11th
| web                = www.co.morris.nj.us
))
((maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q498163|type=shape|text=Interactive map of Morris County, New Jersey))

'''Morris County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]], about ((convert|30|mi|km|abbr=on)) west of [[New York City]]. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county was the state's [[List of counties in New Jersey|tenth-most populous county]],<ref name=Largest2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> with a population of 509,285,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> its highest [[United States census|decennial count]] ever and an increase of 17,009 (+3.5%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 492,276,<ref name=Census2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 22,064 (+11.6%) from the 470,212 counted at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]],<ref name=Census2000/> Morris County is part of the [[New York metropolitan area]] and is divided into 39 municipalities, with many [[commuter town]]s but no large cities. Its [[county seat]] is [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]], in the southeast.<ref name=CountyMap>[https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html New Jersey County Map], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed December 29, 2022.</ref> The most populous place was [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills Township]], with 56,162 residents at the time of the 2020 census,<ref name=LWD2020/> while [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]] covered ((convert|45.55|sqmi)), the largest total area of any municipality.<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 ''New Jersey: 2010 – Population and Housing Unit Counts; 2010 Census of Population and Housing''], p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref> The county is part of the [[North Jersey]] region of the state.

In 2015, the county had a [[Per capita personal income in the United States|per capita personal income]] of $86,582, the highest in New Jersey and ranked 24th of 3,113 counties in the United States.<ref>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/industry/incpov/highcnty.xls 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes available for 3113 counties in the United States: 2015] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162655/https://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/industry/incpov/highcnty.xls |date=2017-10-26 )), [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2016/pdf/lapi1116.pdf Local Area Personal Income: 2015] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015182249/https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2016/pdf/lapi1116.pdf |date=2017-10-15 )), [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref> Morris County, as of the 2000 Census, was the [[highest-income counties in the United States#100 highest-income counties by median household income|sixth-wealthiest county in the United States]] by [[median household income]] at $77,340 (second in New Jersey behind [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] at $79,888), sixth in median family income at $89,773 (third in New Jersey behind Hunterdon County at $91,050 and [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] at $90,605) and ranked tenth by per capita income at $36,964 (second in New Jersey behind Somerset County at $37,970).<ref>[http://www.rvarc.org/work/uscensusrank.pdf#page=22 "Census 2000 Data Rankings; A data rankings document focused on the Roanoke Valley and Alleghany Highlands region"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061808/http://www.rvarc.org/work/uscensusrank.pdf#page=22 |date=October 23, 2013 )), [[Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission]], p. 22. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>

The [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] ranked the county as having the 16th-highest [[per capita income]] of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the second highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/pcpihigh.cfm 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212181830/https://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/pcpihigh.cfm |date=December 12, 2011 )), [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]. Accessed April 9, 2012.</ref> The county ranked third in the New York metropolitan area in terms of median income.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/22/counties-rich-income-forbeslife-cx_mw_0122realestate_slide_8.html?thisSpeed=15000 "Complete List: America's Richest Counties"], ''[[Forbes]]'', January 2, 2008. Accessed May 2, 2008.</ref> Morris County was recently ranked number 2 of 21 NJ counties as one of the healthiest counties in New Jersey, according to an annual report by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/new-jersey/2017/rankings/somerset/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot|title=Rankings|work=County Health Rankings & Roadmaps|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en))</ref>

==History==
<!---please confine history to Morris County only. Related history is edited and reviewed elsewhere--->
[[File:Cooper Mill.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Nathan Cooper Gristmill|Cooper Mill]] in [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]]]]
[[File:Tempe Wick House, Jockey Hollow, NJ.jpg|thumb|right|The Wick House at [[Jockey Hollow]]]]

===Etymology===
Morris County was named after Colonel [[Lewis Morris (governor)|Lewis Morris]], governor of New Jersey in 1738–39, the year the county was named.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp |title=Morris County Web Site – History – The Land Past and Present |publisher=Co.morris.nj.us |access-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822123842/http://co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp |archive-date=August 22, 2009 ))</ref>

===Paleo Indians and Native Americans===
The [[Wisconsin Glacier]] covered the northern section of Morris County from about 23,000 B.C. to 13,000 B.C.

After the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C., Paleo Indians moved into the area from the south in search of big and small game as well as plants. The area was first tundra with grasses growing. Rabbits and fox moved into the area from the south.

Around the year 1000, the area of Morris County was inhabited by the [[Lenape]] [[native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] prior to the arrival of European settlers. They came from the Mississippi River area. They lived along the rivers and hunted game, fished, collected plants and nuts.

=== Dutch and English colonization ===
[[Henry Hudson]] explored the [[Hudson River]] area in 1609, and later the Dutch did surveys of the area.

From 1611 to 1614, the Dutch established the colony of [[New Netherland]], which claimed territory between the [[40th parallel north|40th]] and [[45th parallel north]], a zone which included northern New Jersey. Dutch forts were established along the Hudson River beginning in 1613. As the years went by, more forts were established to trade with Native Americans.

The Native Americans traded furs and food with the Dutch for various goods. In return the Dutch gave the Native Americans metal pots, knives, guns, axes, and blankets. Trading with the Native Americans occurred until 1643 when a series of wars broke out between the Dutch and Native Americans.

There were hostile relations between the Dutch and Native Americans between 1643 and 1660. This prevented colonization by the Dutch of the Morris County region which was technically included in their claimed "New Netherland".

On August 27, 1664, three English ships approached Fort Amsterdam and the fort was surrendered to the English. The English now controlled New Netherland and Morris County was now under control of the colony of New York. Relations with the Native Americans improved for a while.

There was a [[Third Anglo-Dutch War|war with the Dutch]] ten years later. The Dutch re-took control of New Amsterdam but after a year returned it to the English. Relations with the Native Americans and English improved for a while.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_anglodutch3.html|title=Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672–1674|website=www.historyofwar.org|access-date=2019-03-23))</ref>

European settlements began in the early 18th century while the area was known as Hunterdon County. Native Americans were still in the area at that time. Land was purchased from the Native Americans for various things such as blankets, shirts, rum, guns, knives, pots and gunpowder. European colonization occurred along the Atlantic coast and moved inland.

The first European settlement in the area today known as Morris County occurred in Pompton Plains by the Dutch in 1695.<ref name=ChooseNewJersey>[http://www.choosenj.com/NewJersey/media/New-Jersey-Media/PDFs/County%20Profiles/Morris/Morris-County_1.pdf Morris County profile]((dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )), Choose: New Jersey. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref> From 1710 to 1730, various iron mines and forges were established. The first was in Whippany in 1710 and then in Succasunna in 1713.

By 1750, nearly all Native Americans had left New Jersey. This was due to land purchases from the Native Americans, diseases that the Native Americans contracted from Europeans, and due to starvation from the [[Little Ice Age]], during which Native American corn crops failed and rivers froze, preventing fishing. Snow storms sent game into semi-hibernation or made them difficult to find. Nut crops such as oak, hickory, beech, walnut, chestnut and butternut failed some years due to late frosts in spring. Many of the Morris County Native Americans went to eastern Canada and others went to the Ohio Valley. The [[Walking Purchase]] in September 1737, prevented Native Americans from going to eastern Pennsylvania. At that time, European settlement grew swiftly as there was now land to be farmed and settled.

Morris County was originally part of [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]] which had been established in 1694. It then became part of Hunterdon County, which separated from Burlington County in 1714.<ref name=Story/>

Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 191. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> The county was named for the Governor of the [[Province of New Jersey]], Colonel [[Lewis Morris (1671-1746)|Lewis Morris]].<ref>[http://www.co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp The Land Past and Present] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822123842/http://co.morris.nj.us/history/history.asp |date=2009-08-22 )), Retrieved on March 22, 2007.</ref> In later years [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] (on June 8, 1753) and, after the revolution, [[Warren County, New Jersey|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.<ref name=Story/>

The county was the site of the winter camp of the [[Continental Army]] after the Battles of Trenton and Princeton during the winter of 1777, as well as another winter camp at [[Jockey Hollow]] during an extremely cold winter of 1779–80.<ref>Adams, III, Charles J. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20060720&id=mtIvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JqIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932,2422309 "Jockey Hollow Was Refuge For Continental Army"], ''[[Reading Eagle]]'', July 20, 2006. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>

In the 1880s, Dover was the center of [[iron ore]] mining with the 132 mines producing 700,000 tons of ore annually. The mines were mostly worked by [[Cornish people|Cornish miners]], with the bulk of the population in Dover and Port Oram of [[Cornwall|Cornish extraction]]. At that time the Cornish had kept their customs and dialect, were deeply religious and predominantly [[Methodism|Methodist]]s.<ref>((cite news |title=The Murder Of A Cornish Girl By Her Lover In The United States |work=The Cornishman |issue=209 |date=13 July 1882 |page=7))</ref>

==Geography and geology==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], as of the 2020 Census, the county had a total area of ((convert|481.52|sqmi)), of which ((convert|460.97|sqmi)) was land (95.7%) and ((convert|20.55|sqmi)) was water (4.3%).<ref name=CensusArea>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_34.txt 2020 Census Gazetteer File for Counties in New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 1, 2023.</ref>

[[File:Morris County, NJ, highest point.jpg|thumb|right|Highest point, in woods near sign on trail indicating highest point in county located in [[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]].|alt=A pointed gray rock on the left of the image amid dense underbrush and immature trees]]
[[File:Loantaka Brook Reservation bikeway pond with algae.jpg|thumb|right|[[Loantaka Brook Reservation]] bikeway pond with algae located in [[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]]]]
The county rises in elevation and relief from east to west, with only the more developed eastern suburbs in the [[Passaic River]] valley being relatively level. The highest point is at ((convert|1395|ft)) above sea level on a mountain south of Pine Swamp in western [[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]].<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13320 New Jersey County High Points], Peakbagger.com. Accessed October 5, 2013.</ref> The second-highest point is on a mountain just north of Riker Lake at ((convert|1358|ft)). The lowest point is about ((convert|160|ft)) in elevation, at Two Bridges, the [[confluence]] of the Passaic and [[Pompton River|Pompton]] rivers.

The county is drained by several rivers. The [[Rockaway River]] drains ((convert|125|mi2)), of the northern section of the county. The [[Whippany River]] drains ((convert|69|mi2)) of the middle of the county. The [[South Branch Raritan River|South Branch of the Raritan River]] and the [[Black River (New Jersey)|Black River]] drain the western area.

Most of the county's borders are rivers. The [[Pequannock River]] drains the northern boundary area. The Pompton River drains the eastern section. The [[Passaic River]] also drains the eastern border area. The western border is drained by the [[Musconetcong River]]. There are several large lakes in Morris County; among them are the state's largest lake, [[Lake Hopatcong]], [[Budd Lake (New Jersey)|Budd Lake]], Lake Parsippany, and the [[Boonton Reservoir]], also known as the Jersey City Reservoir.

===Climate===
Morris has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and the [[hardiness zone]]s are 6a and 6b.
((Weather box |metric first =
|location = Morristown
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 38
|Feb high F = 41
|Mar high F = 50
|Apr high F = 61
|May high F = 71
|Jun high F = 80
|Jul high F = 85
|Aug high F = 83
|Sep high F = 75
|Oct high F = 65
|Nov high F = 54
|Dec high F = 43
|year high F=
|Jan low F = 18
|Feb low F = 19
|Mar low F = 27
|Apr low F = 36
|May low F = 46
|Jun low F = 54
|Jul low F = 59
|Aug low F = 58
|Sep low F = 51
|Oct low F = 39
|Nov low F = 32
|Dec low F = 23
|year low F=
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.50
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.00
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.41
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.64
|May precipitation inch = 5.09
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.40
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.29
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.37
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.33
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.17
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.37
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.10
|year precipitation inch= 53.67
|source 1 = <ref>[http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/achesandpains/climatology/monthly/USNJ0331?from=36hr_newslinker2 Average Weather for Morristown, New Jersey – Temperature and Precipitation] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023011807/http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/achesandpains/climatology/monthly/USNJ0331?from=36hr_newslinker2 |date=October 23, 2012 )), [[Weather.com]]. Accessed March 28, 2008.</ref>
|date=August 2010
))

===Weather===
((climate chart
|[[Morristown, New Jersey]]
|18|38|4.50
|19|41|3.12
|27|50|4.41
|36|61|4.64
|46|71|5.09
|54|80|4.40
|59|85|5.29
|58|83|4.37
|51|75|5.33
|39|65|4.17
|32|54|4.37
|23|43|4.10
|float=right
|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">((cite web
  |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNJ0331
  |title=Monthly Averages for Morristown, New Jersey
  |access-date=April 15, 2017
  |publisher=The Weather Channel
))</ref>))
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Morristown have ranged from a low of ((convert|18 to 23|°F||abbr=)) in January to a high of ((convert|83 to 85|°F||abbr=)) in July, although a record low of ((convert|-26|°F)) was recorded in February 1934 and a record high of ((convert|104|°F)) was recorded in August 2001. Average monthly precipitation ranged from ((convert|3.12|in)) in February to ((convert|5.33|in)) in September.<ref name="weather"/>

===Geology===
[[File:Image-Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge New Jersey04.jpg|thumb|Barn located in the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge located in [[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]]]]
Around 500 million years ago, a chain of volcanic islands shaped like an arc collided with proto-North America. The islands rode over top of the North American plate. This created the highlands in western Morris County and the eastern section of Morris County.<ref name=USGS>USGS</ref>

Around 400 million years ago, a small continent long and narrow collided with proto-North America. This created folding and faulting, as compression occurred. Then around 350 million years ago, the [[African plate]] collided with North America creating the folding and faulting in the Appalachians. But when the African plate pulled away from North America, an aborted rift valley was created. This half [[Wiktionary:graben|graben]], starts east of Boonton and goes through the middle of Parsippany, south to Morristown, to the south end of Great Swamp. From Parsippany and the Boonton area the half graben goes east to the western side of Paterson, where there was another fault by the lava flows. East of the [[Ramapo Fault]] is where there is this aborted rift valley.<ref name=USGS/>

The Ramapo fault goes through the county on a northeast–southwest axis. The fault separates the Highlands from the Piedmont, also known as the Newark Basin. This is an [[active fault]]. The last major earthquake occurred in 1884, with a strength measured at 5.3 on the Richter scale.<ref>[[James Barron (journalist)|Barron, James]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/nyregion/19quakes.html "A Third Quake Causes Talk, but Little Else"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 18, 2009. Accessed October 6, 2013. "The earthquake on Feb. 2 and the aftershock on Wednesday were just south of the area he said had been rattled by a strong-for-New-Jersey tremor in 1783. In geologic time, that is almost recent. 'Probably a 5,' he said, explaining how seismologists had sifted through newspaper accounts to estimate the strength of that quake and another in 1884. 'A lot of articles about that one,' he said. 'That was a 5.3.'"</ref>

Around 21,000 BCE., the [[Wisconsinan glaciation|Wisconsin Glacier]] covered about half of Morris County. The terminal moraine went from Hackettstown east to north of Budd Lake, east to Rockaway and Denville, then southeast to Morristown then south to the south end of Great Swamp. When the glacier melted around 13,000 B.C. the melt water created [[Glacial Lake Passaic]]. The lake extended from what is now [[Pompton Lakes, New Jersey|Pompton Lakes]] through Parsippany south to the south end of Great Swamp. From Parsippany the lake went east to the lava flows of western Paterson. This lake was ((convert|30|mi)) long and ((convert|10|mi)) miles wide and the depth was about ((convert|200|ft)). When the Wisconsin glacier covered Morris County, the ice sheet was about ((convert|300|m)) deep. Due to debris from the glacier, the lake was unable to drain through the [[Watchung Mountains]] near [[Short Hills, New Jersey|Short Hills]]. Instead, it drained through Moggy Hollow at the southwestern end of the lake. But when the glacier melted and receded to the New York State line, the lake drained though the Little Falls area, as this was lower in elevation than Moggy Hollow. And thus the Passaic River formed.

The swamps of the Great Piece Meadows, Hatfield Swamp, [[Troy Meadows]], Lee Meadows and Great Swamp were all under the Lake Passaic until it drained, and then these areas were created.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717080715/http://library.fws.gov/pubs5/web_link/text/pme_form.htm "Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed Passaic Meadows Complex #24"], [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]]. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>

==Demographics==
((US Census population
|1790=  16216
|1800=  17750
|1810=  21828
|1820=  21368
|1830=  23666
|1840=  25844
|1850=  30158
|1860=  34677
|1870=  43137
|1880=  50861
|1890=  54101
|1900=  65156
|1910=  74704
|1920=  82694
|1930= 110445
|1940= 125732
|1950= 164371
|1960= 261620
|1970= 383454
|1980= 407630
|1990= 421353
|2000= 470212
|2010= 492276
|2020= 509285
| estyear=2022
| estimate=511151
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/counties/totals/co-est2022-pop-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 4, 2023.</ref>|footnote=Historical sources: 1790–1990<ref>Forstall, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 ''Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses''], pp. 108–109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. ((ISBN|9780934213486)). Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref><br>1970–2010<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 ''New Jersey: 2010 – Population and Housing Unit Counts; 2010 Census of Population and Housing''], p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>[https://archive.today/20200212082710/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34027 DP-1 – Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Morris County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 22, 2013.</ref><br>2010<ref name=Census2010/> 2000–2010<ref name=Census2010Press>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn15.html U.S. Census Bureau Delivers New Jersey's 2010 Census Population Totals], [[United States Census Bureau]], February 3, 2011. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref><br>2010<ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212092949/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34027 DP1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Morris County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 22, 2013.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/morriscountynewjersey QuickFacts Morris County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 5, 2023.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>
))

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county had 509,285 people, 184,885 households, and 129,707 families. The [[population density]] was ((convert|1106.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1)). There were 197,722 housing units at an average density of ((convert|429.67|/sqmi|/km2|1)). The county's racial makeup was 67.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 3.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race accounted for 15.05% of the population.

Of the 184,885 households, of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 22.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 13.5% had a male householder with no wife present and 29.8% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.17.

About 21.4% of the county's population was under age 18, 8.5% was from age 18 to 24, 35.9% was from age 15 to 44, and 17.5% was age 65 or older. The median age was 43.3 years. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. The city's median household income was $116,283, and the median family income was $141,633. About 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>((Cite web|date=2020|title=Morris County ((!)) Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US34027|access-date=2022-01-19|website=United States Census Bureau))</ref>

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 492,276 people, 180,534 households, and 129,262 families in the county. The [[population density]] was 1,069.8 per square mile (413.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 189,842 housing units at an average density of 412.5 per square mile (159.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 82.61% (406,683) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 3.12% (15,360) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.16% (805) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 8.95% (44,069) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.02% (106) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.03% (14,910) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.10% (10,343) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 11.47% (56,482) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 180,534 households, 33.9% had children under the age of 18; 59.6% were married couples living together; 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.4% were non-families. Of all households, 23.5% were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.19.<ref name=Census2010/>

23.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 30% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 93.2 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

==Government==
===County government===
[[File:Morris County Courthouse, Morristown, NJ.jpg|thumb|[[Morris County Courthouse (New Jersey)|Morris County Courthouse]], built 1827, in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]]]
Morris County is governed by a [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of County Commissioners]] comprised of seven members who are elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with either one or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners Board of County Commissioners], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023. "Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners, who serve three-year terms."</ref> Actual day-to-day operation of departments is supervised by County Administrator Deena Leary.

In 2016, freeholders were paid $24,375 and the freeholder director was paid an annual salary of $25,350.<ref>Gallo Jr., Bill. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/how_much_your_county_freeholders_others_in_nj_earn.html "Which N.J. county freeholders are paid the most?"], [[NJ.com]], March 11, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2017. "Freeholder director: $25,350; Other freeholders: $24,375"</ref> ((As of|2024)), Morris County's Commissioners are (with terms for director and deputy director ending every December 31):<ref>[http://morriscountynj.gov/commissioners/ Commissioners], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref name="MorrisOfficials">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/terms-of-office-2023.pdf ''National, State & County Elected Officials Terms & Schedule Of Elections''], Morris County Clerk. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref name="Morris2022">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2022-general-municipality-report-official.pdf General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results], Morris County Clerk, updated November 28, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name="Morris2021">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2021-general-winners-121421.pdf General Election Winners For November 2, 2021], Morris County Clerk. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name="Morris2020">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2020-general-summary-report-official.pdf General Election 2020 November 3, 2020 Summary Report Official Results], Morris County Clerk, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Commissioner 
! Party, Residence, Term 
|-
| Director Christine Myers 
| R, [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]], 2025<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Christine-Myers Christine Myers], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> 
|- 
| Deputy Director Stephen H. Shaw 
| R, [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]], 2024<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Stephen-H.-Shaw Stephen H. Shaw], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|-
| Douglas Cabana 
| R, [[Boonton Township, New Jersey|Boonton Township]], 2025<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Douglas-R.-Cabana Douglas R. Cabana], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|-
| John Krickus 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|R]], [[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey|Washington Township]], 2024<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/John-Krickus John Krickus], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> 
|-
| Thomas J. Mastrangelo 
| R, [[Montville, New Jersey|Montville]], 2025<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Thomas-J.-Mastrangelo Thomas J. Mastrangelo], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|-
| Tayfun Selen 
| R, [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]], 2026<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Tayfun-Selen Tayfun Selen], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> 
|-
| Deborah Smith 
| R, [[Denville Township, New Jersey|Denville]], 2024<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Board-of-County-Commissioners/Deborah-Smith Deborah Smith], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref name="MorrisManual">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/manual/mc-manual-2022-web-081722.pdf ''Morris County Manual 2022''], Morris County Clerk. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|}

[[File:MorrisCounty1872.jpg|right|thumb|Morris County in 1872]]

====Former commissioners====
No Democrat has been elected to county-wide office since 1973; the longest Democratic drought in any New Jersey county. Former county commissioners include:<ref>[http://planning.morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170217-Freeholders-History.pdf Morris County Freeholders History] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201426/http://planning.morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170217-Freeholders-History.pdf |date=2017-04-15 )), Morris County Department of Planning and Public Works. Accessed April 17, 2017.</ref>
* 2018–2020: Heather Darling ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
* 2013–2019: John Cesaro (R)
* 2012–2018: Hank Lyon (R)
* 2013–2015: David Scapicchio (R)
* 2007–2012: Eugene Feyl (R)
* 1999–2012: Margaret Nordstrom (R)
* 2006–2012: William Chegwidden (R)
* 1998–2012: John Murphy (R)
* 1999–2010: Jack Schrier (R)
* 2007–2010: James Murray (R)
* 2001–2007: John Inglesino (R)
* 1992–2006: Cecilia Laureys (R)
* 1984, 1992–2006: Frank Dreutzler (R)
* 1995–1997: [[Chris Christie]] (R)
* 1975–1978: Douglas Romaine ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])

Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the [[New Jersey State Constitution]], each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as constitutional officers. These officers are the [[County Clerk]] and [[Probate Court|County Surrogate]] (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the [[Sheriff|County Sheriff]] (elected for a three-year term).<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/docconst47.html#page16 New Jersey State Constitution (1947), Article VII, Section II, Paragraph 2], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed October 26, 2017.</ref> ((As of|2023)), they are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Representative
|-
| County Clerk
| Ann F. Grossi (R, [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany–Troy Hills]], 2028),<ref>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/About/Ann-F.-Grossi-Esq Ann F. Grossi, Esq.], Office of the Morris County Clerk. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://coanj.com/member-list/clerks/ Clerks], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|-
| Sheriff
| James M. Gannon (R, Boonton Township, 2025)<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Sheriff/About-Us/Sheriff-James-M.-Gannon About Us: Sheriff James M. Gannon], Morris County Sheriff's Office. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/sheriffs/ Sheriffs], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> 
|-
| Surrogate
| Heather Darling (R, [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]], 2024).<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Surrogate-Court/Surrogate-Heather-J.-Darling-Esq Surrogate Heather J. Darling, Esq.], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/surrogates/ Surrogates], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref>
|}

The County Prosecutor is Robert J. Carroll of [[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]], who was sworn into the position in October 2020 following the retirement of Frederic M. Knapp.<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Morris-County-News/Robert-J.-Carroll-of-Roseland-Appointed-Acting-Morris-County-Prosecutor "Robert J. Carroll of Roseland Appointed Acting Morris County Prosecutor"], Morris County, New Jersey, October 14, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2023. "Robert J. Carroll, a Roseland attorney who has been serving as Director of the Law Department at the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, was sworn in during a Morristown ceremony today to serve as Acting Morris County Prosecutor."</ref><ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Prosecutor/About-Us/Prosecutor-Robert-J.-Carroll Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref> Morris County is a part of Vicinage 10 of the [[New Jersey Superior Court]] (along with [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]]), which is seated at the Morris County Courthouse in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 10 is Stuart A. Minkowitz.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/morsus.html Morris/Sussex], New Jersey Courts|. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref> Law enforcement at the county level is the Morris County Sheriff's Office. The Morris County Park Police was disbanded and merged into the Sheriff's Office on January 1, 2022.<ref>Westhiven, William. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2021/10/28/morris-county-park-police-vote-sheriffs-office/8580348002/ "Morris County Park Police to be folded into Sheriff's Office following commissioner vote"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Recird]]'', October 28, 2021. Accessed November 21, 2023. "Years in the planning, the Morris County Board of County Commissioners Wednesday adopted a resolution that authorized the Morris County Park Police to be absorbed into the sheriff’s office.... The merger takes effect on Jan. 1, 2022, when the park police become part of the 90-member Bureau of Law Enforcement of the Sheriff’s Office."</ref> The County law enforcement organization includes the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

=== Federal representatives ===
The 7th and 11th [[New Jersey's congressional districts|Congressional Districts]] cover the county.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/leg-cong-district-info/2012-congressional-districts-by-county.pdf 2012 Congressional Districts by County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2011. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref> ((NJ Congress 07)) ((NJ Congress 11))

=== State representatives ===
The 39 municipalities of Morris County are represented by four legislative districts.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!District
!Senator<ref name=Roster>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster Legislative Roster], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref>
!Assembly<ref name=Roster/>
!Municipalities
|-
|[[New Jersey's 21st legislative district|21st]]
|[[Jon Bramnick]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]
|[[Michele Matsikoudis]] (R)
[[Nancy Munoz]] (R)
|[[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham Borough]], [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]], and [[Long Hill, New Jersey|Long Hill]]. The remainder of this district covers portions of Middlesex County, [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] and [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].
|-
|[[New Jersey's 24th legislative district|24th]]
|[[Parker Space]] (R)
|[[Dawn Fantasia]] (R)
[[Mike Inganamort]] (R)
|[[Chester Borough, New Jersey|Chester Borough]], [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]], [[Mount Olive Township, New Jersey|Mount Olive]], [[Netcong, New Jersey|Netcong]], [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]], and [[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey|Washington Township]]. The remainder of this district covers all of [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] and portions of [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]].
|-
|[[New Jersey's 25th legislative district|25th]]
|[[Anthony M. Bucco|Tony Bucco]] (R)
|[[Christian Barranco]] (R)
[[Aura K. Dunn]] (R)
|[[Boonton Township, New Jersey|Boonton Township]], [[Butler, New Jersey|Butler]], [[Dover, New Jersey|Dover]], [[Harding, New Jersey|Harding]], [[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]], [[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]], [[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]], [[Mendham Borough, New Jersey|Mendham Borough]], [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]], [[Mine Hill Township, New Jersey|Mine Hill]], [[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]], [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]], [[Mount Arlington, New Jersey|Mount Arlington]], [[Randolph, New Jersey|Randolph]], [[Rockaway, New Jersey|Rockaway Borough]], [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]], [[Victory Gardens, New Jersey|Victory Gardens]], and [[Wharton, New Jersey|Wharton]]. The remainder of this district covers a portion of Passaic County.
|-
|[[New Jersey's 26th legislative district|26th]]
|[[Joseph Pennacchio]] (R)
|[[Brian Bergen]] (R)
[[Jay Webber]] (R)
|[[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]], [[Denville, New Jersey|Denville]], [[East Hanover, New Jersey|East Hanover]], [[Florham Park, New Jersey|Florham Park]], [[Hanover, New Jersey|Hanover]], [[Lincoln Park, New Jersey|Lincoln Park]], [[Montville, New Jersey|Montville]], [[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]], [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]], [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany–Troy Hills]], [[Pequannock, New Jersey|Pequannock]], and [[Riverdale, New Jersey|Riverdale]]. The remainder of this district covers portions of [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].
|}

===Other===
The Morris Automated Information Network, which supplies Internet service to area libraries, turned down $10,000 per year in federal funding, starting in 2004. Acceptance of the grants would have required the network to install anti-porn content filters to comply with the [[Children's Internet Protection Act]]. As these filters excluded legitimate information—such as pages with the word "breast" in online searches regarding "breast cancer"—the network declined to accept these grants.<ref>The Library's Integrity, editorial, ''[[Star-Ledger]]'', September 11, 2004.</ref>

Another organization having the power to affect the county budget without county governmental control is the Morris County Board of Taxation,<ref>((cite web |url=http://mcweb1.co.morris.nj.us/TaxBoard/ |title=Morris County Board of Taxation |publisher=Mcweb1.co.morris.nj.us |access-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820211731/http://mcweb1.co.morris.nj.us/TaxBoard/ |archive-date=August 20, 2011 ))</ref> (also called the Morris County Tax Board). "[T]he freeholders, and county government in general, do not have control over tax board spending. ... [T]he tax board is an entity of state government, even though it submits expense vouchers to county government."<ref>Ragonese, Lawrence. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/morris/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1161928709141470.xml&coll=1 "Morris Tax Board Never Gets Bored of Traveling; Members Visited Alaska, Orlando, Other Spots on Public Money"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 27, 2006.</ref>

== Politics ==
Though New Jersey is mainly a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state, Morris County has generally leaned towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. The GOP has carried the county in all but three presidential elections starting in 1896: in [[1912 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1912]], [[1964 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1964]], and [[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2020]]. Republicans hold every countywide elected office and all of the county's seats in the state legislature. The last Democrat to win a county office was Commissioner Douglas Romaine in 1973.<ref>((cite web |last1=Wildstein |first1=David |title=Morris went blue at the top, remained red in the middle |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/morris-went-blue-at-the-top-remained-red-in-the-middle/ |website=New Jersey Globe |date=20 November 2020 |publisher=Sea of Reeds Media |access-date=20 November 2020))</ref> As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 397,571 registered voters in Morris County, of whom 136,127 (34.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 117,323 (29.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 140,145 (35.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 3,976 voters (1.0%) registered to other parties.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2021/2021-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary as of October 1, 2021], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref>

In the [[2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2008 election]], Democrat Barack Obama came within 9 points of winning the county. In the [[2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2012 election]], Obama lost the county by 10.8%. In [[2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2016]], [[Hillary Clinton]] came closer than any Democrat to carry the county since [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s win in [[1964 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1964]], finishing just 4.2 percent behind [[Donald Trump]] despite the rightward shift in the nation in this election. In [[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] accomplished that feat, carrying Morris County by 4.2 percent, and at the same time, [[Cory Booker]] became the first Democrat to win the county in a Senate election since [[Bill Bradley]] in [[1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey|1984]].

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In the [[2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 60.0% of the vote (99,085 votes) to Democratic Governor Jon Corzine's 31.26% (51,586 votes), while Independent Chris Daggett received 8.1% of the vote (13,321). In the [[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 70% of the vote here (98,888 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 28.2% (39,824 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (2,560 votes), among the 143,745 ballots cast by the county's 324,817 registered voters, yielding a 44.25% turnout.<ref>((Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Official 2013 Morris County Election Results|url=https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2013-General-Summary-Report-Official.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=))((Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> In the [[2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2017 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Kim Guadagno]] received 53.08% of the vote (77,203 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Phil Murphy]] with 45.04% (65,507 votes), and other candidates with 1.88% (2,742 votes).<ref>((Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Official 2017 Morris County Election Results|url=https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2017-General-Summary-Report-Official.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=))((Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> In the [[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Jack Ciattarelli]] received 55.25% of the vote (102,769 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Phil Murphy with 44.04% (81,915 votes).

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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''55.3%''' ''102,769''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|44.0% ''81,915''
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|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''53.1%''' ''77,203''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|45.0% ''65,507''
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|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''70.0%''' ''98,888''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|28.2% ''39,824''
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|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''60.0%''' ''99,085''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|31.2% ''51,586''
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|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''55.9%''' ''82,550''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|41.3% ''60,986''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|2001]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''55.8%''' ''79,350''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|42.6% ''60,948''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997|1997]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''65.4%''' ''97,414''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|27.7% ''41,296''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993|1993]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''61.9%'''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|36.4%
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989|1989]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''51.7%''' ''67,592''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|47.1% ''61,678''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985|1985]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''78.4%''' ''85,189''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|21.0% ''22,847''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981|1981]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''67.1%''' ''86,882''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|31.8% ''41,310''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977|1977]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|'''48.1%''' ''62,031''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|42.6% ''55,033''
|-
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973|1973]]
|align="center" ((Party shading/Republican))|35.1% ''40,524''
|align="center" ((Party shading/Democratic))|'''63.0%''' ''72,539''
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== Municipalities ==
[[Image:Morris County, New Jersey Municipalities.png|thumb|400px|Indexed map of Morris County municipalities (click to see index key)((Clarification needed|reason=index key is not clickable|date=March 2023))]]

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The 39 municipalities in Morris County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area) are:<ref name=LWD2020/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Municipality<br>(with map key)
!
! Municipal<br>type
! Population
! Housing<br>Units
! Total<br>Area
! Water<br>Area
! Land<br>Area
! Pop.<br>Density
! Housing<br>Density
! Communities<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 11, 2015.</ref>
|-
|[[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]]
|15|| town || 8,347 || 3,398 || 2.51 || 0.17 || 2.34 || 3,574.6 || 1,455.2 ||
|-
|[[Boonton Township, New Jersey|Boonton Township]]
|22|| township || 4,263 || 1,647 || 8.63 || 0.39 || 8.24 || 517.2 || 199.8 ||
|-
|[[Butler, New Jersey|Butler]]
|18|| borough || 7,539 || 3,169 || 2.09 || 0.05 || 2.04 || 3,703.2 || 1,556.6 ||
|-
|[[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham Borough]]
|1|| borough || 8,962 || 3,210 || 2.42 || 0.05 || 2.37 || 3,776.1 || 1,352.5 ||
|-
|[[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]]
|38|| township || 10,452 || 4,128 || 9.36 || 0.38 || 8.98 || 1,164.2 || 459.8 || [[Green Village, New Jersey|Green Village]]
|-
|[[Chester Borough, New Jersey|Chester Borough]]
|7|| borough || 1,649 || 647 || 1.60 || 0.00 || 1.59 || 1,034.8 || 406.0 ||
|-
|[[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]]
|29|| township || 7,838 || 2,697 || 29.46 || 0.09 || 29.38 || 266.8 || 91.8 ||
|-
|[[Denville Township, New Jersey|Denville Township]]
|31|| township || 16,635 || 6,734 || 12.64 || 0.77 || 11.87 || 1,401.8 || 567.4 || [[Cedar Lake, New Jersey|Cedar Lake]]<br>[[Estling Lake]]<br>[[Indian Lake (New Jersey)|Indian Lake]]<br>[[Denville Township, New Jersey|Lake Arrowhead]]<br>[[Union Hill, Morris County, New Jersey|Union Hill]]
|-
|[[Dover, New Jersey|Dover]]
|11|| town || 18,157 || 5,783 || 2.73 || 0.05 || 2.68 || 6,765.5 || 2,154.8 ||
|-
|[[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover Township]]
|33|| township || 11,157 || 3,976 || 8.14 || 0.24 || 7.89 || 1,413.7 || 503.8 ||
|-
|[[Florham Park, New Jersey|Florham Park]]
|3|| borough || 11,696 || 4,201 || 7.54 || 0.25 || 7.29 || 1,604.9 || 576.4 ||
|-
|[[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover Township]]
|34|| township || 13,712 || 5,526 || 10.73 || 0.20 || 10.52 || 1,302.8 || 525.0 || [[Cedar Knolls, New Jersey|Cedar Knolls]]<br>[[Whippany, New Jersey|Whippany]]
|-
|[[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]]
|37|| township || 3,838 || 1,610 || 20.44 || 0.53 || 19.92 || 192.7 || 80.8 || [[Green Village, New Jersey|Green Village]]<br>[[New Vernon, New Jersey|New Vernon]]
|-
|[[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]]
|24|| township || 21,314 || 8,597 || 43.11 || 3.98 || 39.13 || 544.7 || 219.7 || [[Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey|Lake Hopatcong]]<br>[[Lake Swannanoa, New Jersey|Lake Swannanoa]]<br>[[Newfoundland, New Jersey|Newfoundland]]<br>[[Oak Ridge, New Jersey|Oak Ridge]]<br>[[Picatinny Arsenal]]<br>[[Russia, New Jersey|Russia]]
|-
|[[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]]
|17|| borough || 10,248 || 3,600 || 19.19 || 1.20 || 17.99 || 569.7 || 200.1 || [[Smoke Rise (community)|Smoke Rise]]
|-
|[[Lincoln Park, New Jersey|Lincoln Park]]
|16|| borough || 10,521 || 4,145 || 6.91 || 0.53 || 6.38 || 1,649.0 || 649.7 ||
|-
|[[Long Hill Township, New Jersey|Long Hill Township]]
|39|| township || 8,702 || 3,226 || 12.14 || 0.29 || 11.85 || 734.3 || 272.2 || [[Gillette, New Jersey|Gillette]]<br>[[Millington, New Jersey|Millington]]<br>[[Stirling, New Jersey|Stirling]]
|-
|[[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]]
|2|| borough || 15,845 || 5,775 || 4.22 || 0.01 || 4.21 || 3,767.9 || 1,373.3 ||
|-
|[[Mendham Borough, New Jersey|Mendham Borough]]
|6|| borough || 4,981 || 1,798 || 6.00 || 0.05 || 5.95 || 837.1 || 302.2 ||
|-
|[[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]]
|36|| township || 5,869 || 2,062 || 18.10 || 0.23 || 17.87 || 328.4 || 115.4 || [[Brookside, New Jersey|Brookside]]
|-
|[[Mine Hill Township, New Jersey|Mine Hill Township]]
|25|| township || 3,651 || 1,380 || 3.03 || 0.09 || 2.94 || 1,241.6 || 469.3 ||
|-
|[[Montville, New Jersey|Montville]]
|21|| township || 21,528 || 7,823 || 19.06 || 0.58 || 18.48 || 1,165.0 || 423.3 || [[Pine Brook, Morris County, New Jersey|Pine Brook]]<br>[[Towaco, New Jersey|Towaco]]
|-
|[[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]]
|5|| borough || 5,532 || 2,197 || 2.59 || 0.04 || 2.56 || 2,163.5 || 859.2 ||
|-
|[[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]]
|35|| township || 22,306 || 8,502 || 15.76 || 0.14 || 15.62 || 1,428.3 || 544.4 || [[Convent Station, New Jersey|Convent Station]]<br>[[Washington Valley, New Jersey|Washington Valley]]
|-
|[[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]
|4|| town || 18,411 || 8,172 || 3.03 || 0.10 || 2.93 || 6,284.9 || 2,789.6 ||
|-
|[[Mount Arlington, New Jersey|Mount Arlington]]
|9|| borough || 5,050 || 2,545 || 2.92 || 0.75 || 2.17 || 2,325.2 || 1,171.8 ||
|-
|[[Mount Olive Township, New Jersey|Mount Olive Township]]
|27|| township || 28,117 || 11,244 || 31.08 || 1.67 || 29.41 || 956.1 || 382.4 || [[Budd Lake, New Jersey|Budd Lake]] CDP (8,968)<br>[[Flanders, New Jersey|Flanders]]
|-
|[[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]]
|14|| borough || 4,160 || 1,363 || 2.89 || 0.27 || 2.62 || 1,590.3 || 521.1 ||
|-
|[[Netcong, New Jersey|Netcong]]
|8|| borough || 3,232 || 1,449 || 0.92 || 0.07 || 0.84 || 3,828.4 || 1,716.4 ||
|-
|[[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills]]
|32|| township || 53,238 || 21,274 || 25.39 || 1.83 || 23.56 || 2,259.3 || 902.8 || [[Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital|Greystone Park]]<br>[[Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey|Lake Hiawatha]]<br>[[Mount Tabor, New Jersey|Mount Tabor]]
|-
|[[Pequannock Township, New Jersey|Pequannock Township]]
|20|| township || 15,540 || 6,794 || 7.17 || 0.42 || 6.75 || 2,302.7 || 1,006.7 || [[Pompton Plains, New Jersey|Pompton Plains]]
|-
|[[Randolph, New Jersey|Randolph]]
|30|| township || 25,734 || 9,343 || 21.07 || 0.25 || 20.82 || 1,235.9 || 448.7 || [[Ironia, New Jersey|Ironia]]<br>[[Mount Freedom, New Jersey|Mount Freedom]]<br>[[Shongum, New Jersey|Shongum]]
|-
|[[Riverdale, New Jersey|Riverdale]]
|19|| borough || 3,559 || 1,657 || 2.09 || 0.07 || 2.01 || 1,766.5 || 822.5 ||
|-
|[[Rockaway, New Jersey|Rockaway Borough]]
|13|| borough || 6,438 || 2,521 || 2.12 || 0.05 || 2.07 || 3,106.7 || 1,216.5 ||
|-
|[[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]]
|23|| township || 24,156 || 9,587 || 45.55 || 4.14 || 41.40 || 583.4 || 231.6 || [[Green Pond, New Jersey|Green Pond]]<br>[[Hibernia, New Jersey|Hibernia]]<br>[[Lake Telemark, New Jersey|Lake Telemark]] CDP (1,255)<br>[[Picatinny Arsenal]]<br>[[White Meadow Lake, New Jersey|White Meadow Lake]] CDP (8,836)
|-
|[[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]]
|26|| township || 23,324 || 8,582 || 21.89 || 1.06 || 20.83 || 1,119.9 || 412.1 || [[Flanders, New Jersey|Flanders]]<br>[[Kenvil, New Jersey|Kenvil]] CDP (3,009)<br>[[Landing, New Jersey|Landing]]<br>[[Ledgewood, New Jersey|Ledgewood]]<br>[[Port Morris, New Jersey|Port Morris]]<br>[[Succasunna, New Jersey|Succasunna]] CDP (9,152)
|-
|[[Victory Gardens, New Jersey|Victory Gardens]]
|12|| borough || 1,520 || 566 || 0.15 || 0.00 || 0.15 || 10,419.2 || 3,879.8 ||
|-
|[[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey|Washington Township]]
|28|| township || 18,533 || 6,488 || 44.77 || 0.38 || 44.39 || 417.5 || 146.2 || [[Long Valley, New Jersey|Long Valley]] CDP (1,879)<br>[[Middle Valley, New Jersey|Middle Valley]]<br>[[Pottersville, New Jersey|Pottersville]]<br>[[Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey|Schooley's Mountain]]<br>[[Scrappy Corner, New Jersey|Scrappy Corner]]
|-
|[[Wharton, New Jersey|Wharton]]
|10|| borough || 6,522 || 2,426 || 2.22 || 0.07 || 2.15 || 3,039.0 || 1,130.4 ||
|-
|Morris
| || county || 492,276 || 189,842 || 481.62 || 21.45 || 460.18 || 1,069.8 || 412.5 ||
|}

===Secession===
The municipalities of western [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] have discussed secession from the county, to create a new county or be annexed to Morris County, spurred mainly by a belief that tax policy benefits the poorer, urban, eastern portions of the county at the expense of the wealthier, more suburban municipalities in the western part of Essex County. From 2001 to 2003, [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]], [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]] and [[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]] all held nonbinding ballot referendums on the issue. Then-[[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]] mayor Robert J. Russo gave a statement in 2003 about secession, "I've watched Essex County burden our people, with very little to show for it. We're fiscally conservative here and socially progressive &ndash; and we're finally rebelling."<ref>Pearce, Jeremy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/nyregion/in-essex-county-secession-gathers-momentum.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "In Essex County, Secession Gathers Momentum"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 7, 2003. Accessed September 23, 2016. "Montclair and Roseland both have decided to test the winds for revolution. In November, each community plans to put the secession issue before the public, in the form of a nonbinding referendum. Two years ago, Millburn posed a similar question and was bowled over at the response: 88 percent of voters agreed that the town should take steps toward leaving Essex for neighboring Morris County."</ref>

==Economy==
[[Image:Morristown smart growth.jpg|thumb|200px|right|"[[Smart Growth]]" in [[Walkability|pedestrian-oriented]] [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]]]
Morris County has the third-highest [[median household income]] in the United States ($77,340).<ref>((cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en |title=American FactFinder |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=August 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810100515/http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en |archive-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

The [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] calculated that the county's [[gross domestic product]] was $51.2&nbsp;billion in 2021, which was ranked third in the state and was a 5.0% increase from the prior year.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf Gross Domestic Product by County, 2021], [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], released December 8, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2023.</ref>

===Taxation===
Based on [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] data for the 2004 tax year, Morris County had the tenth-highest average federal income tax liability per return in the country. Average tax liability was $15,296, representing 16.3% of [[adjusted gross income]].<ref>[http://money.aol.com/cnnmoney/tax/canvas3/_a/biggest-income-tax-burdens-top-10-places/20070214111009990001 Biggest Income Tax Burdens: Top 10 Places] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216115300/http://money.aol.com/cnnmoney/tax/canvas3/_a/biggest-income-tax-burdens-top-10-places/20070214111009990001 |date=2008-12-16 )), [[CNN Money]]. Accessed April 28, 2007.</ref> Mountain Lakes ranked among the highest annual [[property tax]] bills in New Jersey, and highest in Morris County, in 2018 of $20,471, compared to a statewide average of $8,767.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html|title=These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.'s 21 counties|first=Samantha|last=Marcus|date=April 22, 2019|website=nj.com))</ref>

===Business===
[[File:Morristown.Memorial. Hospital.JPG|right|thumb|[[Morristown Medical Center]] is the flagship of [[Atlantic Health System]]]]

Morris County is home to 33 [[Fortune 500]] businesses that have headquarters, offices or a major facility in Morris County. These include [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[Honeywell]], [[Colgate-Palmolive]], [[Pfizer]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Novartis]], [[BASF]], [[Verizon]], and [[Bayer]], among others.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.homes101.net/buying-a-home/new-jersey/morris-township/c403/?aid=1382200 |title=Buying a home in Morris Township |publisher=Homes101.net |date=March 1, 2006 |access-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807104402/http://www.homes101.net/buying-a-home/new-jersey/morris-township/c403/?aid=1382200 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 ))</ref> Major industries include finance, insurance, real estate, pharmaceuticals, health services, research and development, and technology. There are ((convert|13,000|acre|mi2)) set aside for 28 county parks. Four county golf courses and 16 public and private courses are in Morris.

((multiple image
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 | caption2  = The Downtowns in [[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]] (above) and [[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham]] (below) are among the many [[Walkability|pedestrian-oriented]] commercial centers in Morris County))

Major employers in the county include:<ref name=ChooseNewJersey/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
|1
|[[Novartis]]
|5,000+
|-
|2
|[[Atlantic Health System]]
|2,500–4,999
|-
|3
|[[Louis Berger Group]]
|2,500–4,999
|-
|4
|[[Picatinny Arsenal]]
|2,500–4,999
|-
|5
|[[Saint Clare's Hospital at Boonton Township|Saint Clare's Hospital Inc.]]
|2,500–4,999
|-
|6
|[[United Parcel Service|UPS Logistics]]
|1,000–2,499
|-
|7
|[[Avis Budget Group]]
|1,000–2,499
|-
|8
|[[BASF]] Chemicals
|1,000–2,499
|-
|9
|[[Automatic Data Processing|ADP Services]]
|1,000–2,499
|-
|10
|[[AT&T]] Info Tech
|1,000–2,499
|}

===Housing expense===
[[Image:MtnLakes 171Blvd.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|An early 1900s [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] influenced Hapgood home located on Boulevard in [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]]]]
[[File:SmokeRiseEastGate 0189.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|East Gate Entrance to [[Smoke Rise (community)|Smoke Rise]], an upscale private gated community located in [[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]]]]
[[Image:Chester Township.JPG|thumb|left|200 px|A [[Federal architecture|Federal-style]] [[American colonial architecture|Colonial home]] located in [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]]]]

In 2018, the median house price in Morris County was $469,900, the second highest in the state behind [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] (with a median home price of $476,200).<ref name="morriscountynj.gov">((Cite web |url=https://morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-Demograhics-and-Trends.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329223435/https://morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-Demograhics-and-Trends.pdf |url-status=dead ))</ref>

In the ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine 2012 ranking of the ''Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States'', [[New Vernon, New Jersey|New Vernon]] (located within [[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]]) was ranked as the 32nd most expensive in the country, with a median home sale price of $2,701,885. There were a total of 6 Morris county zip codes listed in the top 500, which were [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]] (No. 288; $909,474), [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham]] (includes both [[Mendham Borough, New Jersey|Mendham Borough]] and [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]]) (No. 356; $800,672), [[Chatham, New Jersey|Chatham]] (includes both [[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham Borough]] and [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]]) (No. 375; $776,703), [[Florham Park, New Jersey|Florham Park]] (No. 440; $675,107), and [[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]] (No. 462; $630,414).<ref>Brennan, Morgan. [https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/1016_zip-codes.html "America's Most Expensive Zip Codes 2012"], ''[[Forbes]]'', October 16, 2012. Accessed September 17, 2013.</ref>

In the magazine's 2006 listing, [[New Vernon, New Jersey|New Vernon]] ([[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]]) was ranked as the 23rd most expensive in the country, with its median home sale price in 2005 of $1,596,587 ranking as the state's 2nd highest behind [[Alpine, New Jersey|Alpine]] located in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]]. In all, 5 Morris County zip codes were represented on the list in addition to [[New Vernon, New Jersey|New Vernon]], including [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham]] (includes both [[Mendham Borough, New Jersey|Mendham Borough]] and [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham Township]]) (ranked No. 209; median sale price of $835,000), [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey|Mountain Lakes]] (No. 217; $826,250), [[Green Village, New Jersey|Green Village]] (located within portions of both [[Harding Township, New Jersey|Harding Township]] and [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]]) (No. 282; $777,465), and [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester]] (includes both [[Chester Borough, New Jersey|Chester Borough]] and [[Chester Township, New Jersey|Chester Township]]) (No. 288; $775,000).<ref>[http://images.forbes.com/lists/2006/7/NJ_Rank_1.html "Most expensive ZIP codes 2006: New Jersey"], ''[[Forbes]]'', April 24, 2006. Accessed September 17, 2013.</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Florham Park from the mini-drone.jpg|thumb|The [[Florham|Vanderbilt-Twombly mansion]], centerpiece of FDU's Florham Campus]]
[[File:Drewgate.jpg|thumb|Bowne Memorial Gateway at Drew]]
As of 2018, 56.1 percent of Morris County residents were college graduates, the 2nd highest percentage in the state behind neighboring [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] with 58.0 percent.<ref name="morriscountynj.gov"/>

* The [[County College of Morris]] is a two-year public [[community college]] serving students from Morris County, with its main campus in [[Randolph, New Jersey|Randolph]] and was founded in 1965.<ref>[http://www.ccm.edu/aboutCCM/History.aspx History of CCM] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918121314/http://www.ccm.edu/aboutCCM/History.aspx |date=2012-09-18 )), [[County College of Morris]]. Accessed October 1, 2103.</ref>
* The [[Assumption College for Sisters]] is another two-year college, the private [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[women's college]] located in [[Mendham Borough, New Jersey|Mendham]].<ref>[http://acs350.org/about About Us] ((webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131001185524/http://acs350.org/about |date=2013-10-01 )), [[Assumption College for Sisters]]. Accessed October 1, 2013.</ref>

The [[Florham Park, New Jersey|Florham Park]]–[[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]]–[[Convent Station, New Jersey|Convent Station]] ([[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]]) area is home to three universities:

* The Florham Campus of [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]] (FDU) is located on the border of these three municipalities. It is New Jersey's largest private institution of higher education.<ref>[http://view.fdu.edu/?id=314 College at Florham, Madison, New Jersey] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213926/http://view.fdu.edu/?id=314 |date=2013-10-04 )), [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]. Accessed October 1, 2013.</ref>
* [[Drew University]] is a small, private [[university]] in Madison. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded ((convert|186|acres|adj=on)) campus.<ref>[https://drew.edu/campus-life/ Life in the Forest], [[Drew University]]. Accessed June 24, 2023.</ref>
* [[Saint Elizabeth University]] (SEU) (formerly College of Saint Elizabeth) is a private [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], four-year, liberal arts college located in Convent Station that has been coeducational starting in September 2016, after being women-only since it opened in 1899.<ref>[https://www.cse.edu/news/articles/cse-to-become-fully-coed-for-fall-2016 "College of Saint Elizabeth to Become Fully Coeducational for Fall 2016"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328072156/http://cse.edu/news/articles/cse-to-become-fully-coed-for-fall-2016 |date=2016-03-28 )), [[College of Saint Elizabeth]], June 12, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017. "The College of Saint Elizabeth, which has provided undergraduate education for young women since 1899, will become fully coeducational for fall 2016."</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Mayo.Performing.Arts..JPG|thumb|[[Mayo Performing Arts Center]]]]
[[File:MM Museum exterior.jpg|thumb|[[Morris Museum]]]]
[[File:The Alliance, Morristown Green, NJ.jpg|thumb|The Alliance on [[Morristown Green|the Green]]]]
[[File:ACORN HALL, MORRIS COUNTY.jpg|thumb|Acorn Hall, headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society]]
* [[Mayo Performing Arts Center]] is a former Walter Reade movie theater originally constructed in 1937 that has been converted into a 1,302-seat performing arts center.<ref>[http://www.mayoarts.org/about/theatre-history Theatre History], [[Mayo Performing Arts Center]]. Accessed July 25, 2016.</ref>
* [[Morris Museum]] – formally incorporated in 1943. The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles.<ref>[http://www.morrismuseum.org/mission-history/ Mission and History], [[Morris Museum]]. Accessed July 25, 2016.</ref>
* [[Morristown National Historical Park]] — Four historic sites around Morristown associated with the American Revolutionary War, including [[Jockey Hollow]], a park that includes a visitor center, the Revolution-era Wick farm, encampment site of [[George Washington]]'s Continental Army, and around 25 miles of hiking trails, and the [[Ford Mansion|Washington's Headquarters & Ford Mansion]], a Revolution-era Georgian-style mansion used by George Washington as his headquarters during the Jockey Hollow encampment.
* [[Morristown Green]] – Park at the center of town which was the old town "common" or "green". It is the site of several Revolutionary War and Civil war monuments, and is surrounded by historic churches, the colonial county-courthouse, and a shopping and restaurant district.
* [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Morristown, New Jersey)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]] — Large [[McKim, Mead & White|McKim Mead and White]] church with bell tower, fine stained glass and medieval furnishings.
* [[Acorn Hall]] – 1853 [[Victorian Italianate]] mansion and home to the Morris County Historical Society. Donated to the historical society in 1971 by actress and political activist [[Mary Crane Hone]], the mansion retained much of its original furnishings and accouterments as it remained in the same family for over a century. It is currently operated as a museum and is the headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society.<ref>[http://morriscountyhistory.org/morris-county-historical-society-history/ History], Morris County Historical Society. Accessed January 4, 2018. "Mary Crane Hone presented the Society with Acorn Hall and five acres of surrounding property in 1971. Built in 1853, Acorn Hall was the home of several generations of the Crane-Hone family."</ref>
* [[Speedwell Ironworks]] is a [[National Historic Landmark]] and museum at the site where the [[electric telegraph]] was first presented to the public, on January 11, 1838.<ref>[https://www.morristourism.org/directory/historic-speedwell/ Historic Speedwell], Morris County Tourism Bureau. Accessed April 1, 2019. "This eight-acre National Historic Landmark has established its place in world history several times over. It was here in 1838, at the start of the Industrial Revolution, that Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated a perfected electromagnetic telegraph to the public."</ref>
* [[Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey]], located in [[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]] is one of 25 professional theatres in the state. Serving 100,000 adults and children annually, it is New Jersey's only professional theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare's canon and other classic masterworks.<ref>[http://www.shakespearenj.org/AboutUs/mission.html Mission & History], [[Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey]]. Accessed November 28, 2017.</ref> The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, the company's main stage, is a short walk from Madison's downtown shopping district.<ref>[https://www.shakespearenj.org/PlanYourVisit/madison.html Historic Madison], [[Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey]]. Accessed November 10, 2019. "The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is located in the charming town of Madison.... The vibrant downtown is ((sic|comprised |hide=y|of)) unique shops, tree-lined streets, art galleries and more than 40 restaurants and eateries-all within a ten-minute walk from the Theatre's Main Stage."</ref>

===Sports===
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The [[United States Equestrian Team]], the international equestrian team for the United States, was founded in 1950 at the Coates estate on Van Beuren Road in Morristown.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqy6CgAAQBAJ&q=international+equestrian+team+for+the+United+States+1950+Coates+estate+on+van+Beuren+Road&pg=PA193|title=Animals In Human Society: Amazing Creatures Who Share Our Planet|last=Moorehead|first=Daniel|date=November 3, 2015 |publisher=UPA|isbn=9780761866770|language=en))</ref>

Morristown has a cricketing club, the first in North America.<ref>[http://www.indoorcricketusa.com/ Home Page], Indoor Cricket USA.</ref><ref>((Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Ben|date=2013-02-05|title=A Cricket Paradise in Jersey|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323807004578284392346975334.html|access-date=2022-01-29|issn=0099-9660))</ref>

The [[Mennen Arena]] in [[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]], facilitated by The Morris County Park Commission, hosts various sporting events from ice hockey, figure skating, indoor football and outdoor rugby, to professional wrestling, [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] and [[Shrine Circus]].

==Points of interest==
===Parks and recreation===
[[File:MCGC Tw.jpg|thumb|[[Morris County Golf Club]]]]
[[File:Lake_Hopatcong_Yacht_club.JPG|thumb|[[Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club]]]]
[[File:RockawayMall.jpg|thumb|[[Rockaway Townsquare]]]]
The county's parks are under the administration of the [[Morris County Park Commission]]; established in 1956, it is the largest county park system in New Jersey with more than ((convert|20000|acres)) of land under its management for recreational, leisure, and educational use.<ref name=AboutParks>[https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/commission/about/ About], [[Morris County Park Commission]]. Accessed May 13, 2023. "The largest county park system in New Jersey based on acreage. Steward to over 20,394 acres of parkland... Established in 1956 by voter referendum by authority of NJSA 40:37-95.1 et. Seq. Lewis Morris County Park in Morris Township was the first park dedicated in March 1958 with 350 acres"</ref><ref name=":1">((Cite web |title=Parsippany's Dr. Lou Valori is Appointed to the Morris County Park's Commission |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/parsippany/sections/green/articles/parsippany-s-dr-lou-valori-is-appointed-to-the-morris-county-park-s-commission |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=TAPinto |language=en))</ref> As of May 2022, it operates 38 facilities including outdoor parks, trails, a [[marina]], an [[ice skating]] arena, a [[Stable|horse stable]], a historical farm and an operating mill.<ref name=AboutParks/><ref name=":1" />

In March 1958, the [[Lewis Morris County Park]] in [[Morris Township, New Jersey|Morris Township]] became the first park dedicated by the MCPC, covering ((convert|350|acres)). As of 2021, it has expanded to ((convert|2196|acres)) with ((convert|22.1|miles)) of trails. The park was named for [[Lewis Morris (governor)|Lewis Morris]], the first [[List of colonial governors of New Jersey|Colonial Governor of New Jersey]].<ref>[https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/lewis-morris-county-park/ Lewis Morris County Park], [[Morris County Park Commission]]. Accessed May 14, 2023. "Lewis Morris County Park offers many attractions as a general purpose park comprised of 2,196 acres with 22.1 miles of trails. It is the second largest county park in the park system.... Named in honor of Lewis Morris, the first Governor of the State of New Jersey, this park was the first to be opened in the Morris County Park Commission in March 1958 with 350 acres."</ref><ref>[https://www.morristourism.org/directory/lewis-morris-park/ Lewis Morris County Park], Morris County Tourism Bureau. Accessed May 14, 2023. "At 2,196 acres, Lewis Morris County Park is the second largest in the Morris County Park system."</ref> The second park acquisition was a donation in 1956 of ((convert|75|acres)) of land in [[Randolph, New Jersey|Randolph]] now known as James Andrews Memorial Park, which has since been expanded to cover more than ((convert|580|acres)).<ref>[https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/james-andrews-memorial-park James Andrews Memorial Park], [[Morris County Park Commission]]. Accessed May 14, 2023. "James Andrew Memorial County Park has a total of 588.89 acres, 504.66 of which were donated by Edna T. Brundage and by the Brundage Family.... The first parcel of land was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Brundage on May 1, 1956, and the Park was dedicated on October 12, 1960. The 75-acre parcel was the first acreage listed on the newly formed Park Commission land inventory."</ref> Notably, [[Morristown National Historical Park]] became the country's first National Historical Park in 1933.<ref name="npshist">((cite web | title= Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s | work= Administrative History | url= http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/unrau-williss/adhi5d.htm | date= March 14, 2000 | publisher= [[National Park Service]] | access-date= 2013-12-24 | archive-date= October 13, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061013063512/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/unrau-williss/adhi5d.htm | url-status= dead ))</ref>

===National protected areas===
* [[Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Morristown National Historical Park]]
* [[Troy Meadows]]

===Other points of interest===
* [[Morris County Golf Club]], founded in 1894, was unique at the time in that it was established and operated by women. Two of the club's presidents have served as [[United States Golf Association]] presidents, which the club joined in 1895. The current course was designed in 1916 by architect [[Seth Raynor]]. The current clubhouse was built in 1919.
* [[Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club]], established in 1905, the [[yacht club]] is located on the small [[peninsula]] of [[Bertrand Island, New Jersey|Bertrand Island]] along [[Lake Hopatcong]]. The [[Adirondack Architecture|Adirondack style]] clubhouse structure was listed on both the National and New Jersey registers of historic places in 1999.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/MORRIS.pdf#page=16 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated March 30, 2023. Accessed May 15, 2023.</ref>
* [[Rockaway Townsquare]] located in [[Rockaway Township, New Jersey|Rockaway Township]] is a super-regional mall anchored by [[Macy's]], [[JCPenney]], and [[Raymour & Flanigan]] with a [[gross leasable area]] of ((convert|1248000|sqft)),<ref>[http://www.simon.com/about_simon/leasing/LocalMall.aspx?id=116 Property Highlights for Rockaway Townsquare], [[Simon Property Group]]. Accessed December 21, 2011. "Property Facts: Regional Mall - 100% Simon Owned - 1,248,000 sf - Macy's, Lord & Taylor, JCPenney, Sears"</ref> placing it in the top ten among the largest [[Shopping malls in New Jersey#Largest malls|shopping malls in New Jersey]].

== Transportation ==

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2018-07-28 17 03 46 View west along New Jersey State Route 24 between Exit 7 and Exit 2 in Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[New Jersey Route 24|Route 24]] westbound in Chatham Borough]]

((As of|2010)), the county had a total of ((convert|2527.39|mi)) of roadways, of which ((convert|2070.57|mi)) are maintained by the local municipality, ((convert|295.54|mi)) by Morris County and ((convert|161.28|mi)) by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Morris.pdf Morris County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>

Morris County is served by several major roadways including:
* [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]]
* [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]]
* [[Interstate 287]]
* [[U.S. Route 46]]
* [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 202]]
* [[U.S. Route 206]]
* [[New Jersey Route 10|Route 10]]
* [[New Jersey Route 15|Route 15]]
* [[New Jersey Route 23|Route 23]]
* [[New Jersey Route 181|Route 181]] (Only in [[Jefferson Township, New Jersey|Jefferson Township]])
* [[New Jersey Route 24|Route 24]]
* [[New Jersey Route 124|Route 124]]
* [[County Route 513 (New Jersey)|County Route 513]]
* [[County Route 517 (New Jersey)|County Route 517]] (Only in [[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey|Washington Township]])
* [[County Route 510 (New Jersey)|County Route 510]]

===Public transportation===
[[File:Madison NJ train station.jpg|thumb|Madison Train Station]]
[[File:Millington NJ Station.JPG|thumb|right|Millington Train Station]]
[[NJ Transit]] also provides rail service with Morris County via its [[Morris & Essex Lines]] and [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] to [[Hoboken Terminal]] and to [[New York City]] via its [[Midtown Direct]] service. Rail stations are located in the county providing electrified train service seven days a week from: [[Chatham station (NJ Transit)|Chatham]], [[Madison station (NJ Transit)|Madison]], [[Convent Station (NJ Transit)|Convent Station]], [[Morristown station|Morristown]], [[Morris Plains station|Morris Plains]], [[Denville station|Denville]], and [[Dover station (NJ Transit)|Dover]] on NJ Transit's [[Morris & Essex Lines]]; electrified train service seven days a week from [[Gillette station|Gillette]], [[Millington station|Millington]] and [[Stirling station (NJ Transit)|Stirling]] on the [[Gladstone Branch]]; and diesel train service (weekdays only) from [[Mount Arlington station|Mount Arlington]], [[Lake Hopatcong station|Lake Hopatcong]], [[Netcong station|Netcong]], [[Mount Olive station|Mount Olive]], [[Mountain Lakes station|Mountain Lakes]], [[Boonton station|Boonton]], [[Towaco station|Towaco (Montville)]] and [[Lincoln Park station|Lincoln Park]].<ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2023/04/230003/bntn.pdf Montclair-Boonton Line Schedule], [[NJ Transit]], updated April 23, 2023. Accessed May 13, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2023/04/230004/mne.pdf Morris and Essex Lines Schedule], [[NJ Transit]], updated April 23, 2023. Accessed May 13, 2023.</ref>

Bus transportation is also offered by several carriers including [[Lakeland Bus Lines]] and NJ Transit.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212333/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMorrisCountyTo Morris County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>

===Air===
[[Morristown Municipal Airport]] is a [[general aviation]] [[reliever airport]] located ((convert|3|mi)) east of downtown Morristown. Operated by DM Airports, Ltd, it is in the Whippany section of Hanover Township.<ref>[http://www.mmuair.com/why-mmu About MMU] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531095009/http://www.mmuair.com/why-mmu |date=2017-05-31 )), [[Morristown Municipal Airport]]. Accessed May 22, 2017.</ref>

==Local media==
*[[WMTR (AM)|WMTR]] is an AM radio station at 1250&nbsp;kHz is licensed to Morristown and features an [[oldies]] format.<ref>[http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=AM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=1004445&sHours=D WMTR(AM)], FCCInfo.com. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>
*[[WDHA-FM|WDHA]] is an FM radio station (105.5 FM) broadcasting from Dover with their main studios in Cedar Knolls, featuring a [[Rock music|rock]] format.<ref>[http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=612941 WDHA-FM], FCCInfo.com. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>
*[[WJSV]] radio and television (90.5 FM) is also in Morristown,<ref>[http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=83639 WJSV(FM)], FCCInfo.com. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref> the non-profit radio station of [[Morristown High School]], which also has a television show which is shown on cable television, ''Colonial Corner''.
*The ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)|Morristown Daily Record]]'' and ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' and New Jersey Hills Media are published locally.
*''[[Hometown Tales]]'', a [[Public-access television]] [[cable TV]] show and podcast chronicling stories and urban legends from around the world, is loosely based in Morristown.

==See also==
((portal|New Jersey))
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey]]
*[[Sheep Hill Observatory]]
*[[Whippany River Watershed Action Committee]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Home Official website]

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