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Outdoors in Morris
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1911
Morris Canal, near Morris, 1911
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About Morris
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, USMorris Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,974, an increase of 668 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 22,306, which in turn reflected an increase of 510 (+2.3%) from the 21,796 counted in the 2000 census. The township was named for Lewis Morris, colonial governor of New Jersey. Located along the Morris and Essex Lines, the township is a wealthy bedroom community, with many residents traveling to work in nearby New York City on NJ Transit which provides commuters with direct access to New York Penn Station and to Hoboken Terminal. The township is the "doughnut" around Morristown and…
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How Morris ranks
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Safety in Morris
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Morris's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Morris
All Morris schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Morris’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.
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Where Morris is
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