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Morris County was created on March 15, 1739 and was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris.
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.
In the 1880s, Dover was the centre of iron ore mining with the 132 mines producing 700,000 tons of ore annually. The mines were mostly worked by Cornish miners, with the bulk of the population in Dover and Port Oram of Cornish extraction.
Adjacent Counties
- Essex County
- Passaic County
- Union County
- Hunterdon County
- Warren County
- Somerset County
- Sussex County
Municipalities
Boonton & Twp. | Brookside | Budd Lake | Butler | Cedar Knolls | Cedar Lake | Chatham Bor. & Twp. | Chester Bor. & Twp. | Convent Stn. | Denville Twp. | Dover | East Hanover Twp. | Estling Lake | Flanders | Florham Park | Gillette | Green Pond | Green Village | Greystone Park | Hanover Twp. | Harding Twp. | Hibernia | Indian Lake | Jefferson Twp. | Kenvil | Kinnelon | Lake Arrowhead | Lake Hiawatha | Lake Telemark | Landing | Ledgewood | Ironia | Lincoln Park | Long Hill Twp. | Long Valley | Madison | Mendon Bor. & Twp. | Middle Valley | Millington | Mine Hill Twp. | Montville | Morris Plains | Morris Twp. | Morristown | Mount Arlington | Mount Freedom | Mount Olive Twp. | Mountain Lakes | Netcong | New Vernon | Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp. | Pequannock Twp. | Picatinny Arsenal | Pine Brook | Pompton Plains | Port Morris | Pottersville | Randolph | Riverdale | Rockaway Bor. & Twp. | Roxbury Twp. | Russia | Schooley's Mountain | Scrappy Corner | Shongum | Smoke Rise | Stirling | Succasunna | Towaco | Union Hill | Victory Gardens | Washington Twp. | Washington Valley | Wharton | Whippany | White Meadow Lake
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Morristown & Morris Township Digital Library
Morris County Historical Society
