Morris County, New Jersey

Founding: 1739
Parent county: Hunterdon

Namesake: Lewis Morris, New Jersey governor
Seat: Morristown (1739–)

Land area: 460 square miles

Population (2020): 509,285

Population (historic): 16,216 (1790); 25,844 (1840); 43,137 (1870); 65,156 (1900); 110,445 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–2020

Subdivisions: 16 boroughs; three towns; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 25,867 (13.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $4,954
Average outbuilding value (1930): $4,602
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,333
Average farm size (1920): 53.9 acres
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Morristown

Namesake: Lewis Morris, New Jersey governor

Founding: circa 1715 (founding); 1777 (post office); 1865 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,180

Population (historic): 5,418 (1880); 11,267 (1900); 15,197 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1960; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,423 (25.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Losey House (c. 1830). 483 County Road 510. Chester. Federal.
2. Fordville / Edwin Ford House (1857–1858). 30 Ford Hill Road. Hanover. Italianate.
3. Alfred Ringling Mansion (1913). 2 Manor Drive. Jefferson. Classical Revival.
4. David Thompson House (c. 1770). 56 West Main Street. Mendham. Georgian.
5. Simon Van Duyne House (1789). 58 Maple Avenue. Montville.
6. House (c. 1730). 140 Old Changebridge Road. Montville.
7. Joseph Revere House (1854). 67 Kahdena Road. Morris. Gothic Revival.
8. John Smith House (1812). 124 Washington Valley Road. Morris.
9. House (c. 1885). 38 Bartley Road. Mount Olive. Eastlake.
10. Henry Seward House (c. 1865). 30 Flanders Road. Mount Olive. Italianate.
11. Amzi Stephens House (c. 1865). 800 Willow Grove Road. Mount Olive. Second Empire.
12. Stephen Condit House (c. 1870). North Beverwyck Road and Hawkins Avenue. Parsippany. Gothic Revival.
13. Benjamin Howell House (c. 1765/1795). 709 South Beverwyck Road. Parsippany.
14. Van Ness House (1816/1868). 211 Hamburg Turnpike. Pequannock. Italianate.
15. Mendham Friends Meeting House (1758). Quaker Church Road and Quaker Avenue. Randolph.
16. Jacob Ford House (1768–1770). 629 Mount Hope Road. Rockaway.
17. John Sharpenstine Farm (c. 1800/1830). 98 East Mill Road. Washington. Federal.
18. Jacob Neighbor House (c. 1840). 143 West Mill Road. Washington. Greek Revival.

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