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

National Register listings: 157

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.