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Morris County, Kansas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
28historic places
—earliest paper
1855formed
5,386pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Council Grove, Burdick, Wilsey.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Morris titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Big John Farm Limestone Bank BarnCouncil GroveBuilding1990
Carlson, Oscar, HouseBurdickBuilding2000
Cottage House HotelCouncil GroveBuilding1988
Council Grove Carnegie LibraryCouncil GroveBuilding1987
Council Grove Downtown Historic DistrictCouncil GroveDistrict2010
Council Grove Historic District NHLCouncil GroveDistrict1966
Council Grove Missouri, Kansas and Texas DepotCouncil GroveBuilding2001
Council Grove National BankCouncil GroveBuilding1976
Diamond SpringWilseySite1976
Dunlap Colored CemeteryDunlapSite2018
Farmers and Drovers BankCouncil GroveBuilding1971
Farmers and Drovers Bank and Indicator Building (Boundary Increase)Council GroveBuilding1982
First Baptist ChurchCouncil GroveBuilding1995
Four Mile Creek LatticeWilseyStructure1990
Furney FarmCouncil GroveBuilding2006
Greenwood CemeteryCouncil GroveSite2020
Hays, Seth, HouseCouncil GroveBuilding1975
Herington Army Airfield ChapelLatimerBuilding2024
Hermit's Cave on Belfry HillCouncil GroveSite2015
Jenkins BuildingWhite CityBuilding2004
Last Chance StoreCouncil GroveBuilding1971
Little John Creek ReserveCouncil GroveSite2001
Madonna of the TrailCouncil GroveObject2018
Old Kaw MissionCouncil GroveBuilding1971
Simcock HouseCouncil GroveBuilding1982
Six Mile Creek Stage Station Historic DistrictBurdickDistrict1995
US Post Office-Council GroveCouncil GroveBuilding1989
Young, William, Archeological SiteCouncil GroveSite1971

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Morris was formed in 1855 (1855-08-25) from unknown / original county.

WISE (now MORRIS) created by Kansas Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Morris County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

12k6,5837701860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7709,26511,96712,00510,3638,4857,3926,4196,1045,386

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
taprPark unit30.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Beman Cemetery38.80723-96.42695
Burdick United Methodist Cemetery38.56646-96.87461
Burton Cemetery38.75426-96.70945
Calvary Cemetery38.65706-96.51135
Clarks Creek Cemetery38.78224-96.86659
Comisky Cemetery38.65187-96.35379
Delavan Cemetery38.65223-96.79988
Diamond Springs Cemetery38.5548-96.74104
Dunlap African American Cemetery38.58751-96.35417
Dunlap Cemetery38.57929-96.35429
Dwight Cemetery38.86344-96.59217
Garfield Cemetery38.78177-96.45922
Greenwood Cemetery38.65886-96.50229
Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery38.57382-96.87327
Highland Cemetery38.66772-96.67228
Kelso Cemetery38.74975-96.57156
Latimer Cemetery38.75456-96.85817
Mitchell Valley Cemetery38.66695-96.8939
Parker - Highland Cemetery38.76773-96.66859
Ramsey-Black Cemetery38.76051-96.64575
Saint John's Cemetery38.80972-96.85347
Swartz Cemetery38.82769-96.56271
Swedish Mission Cemetery38.56495-96.89406
White City Cemetery38.81059-96.74165
Wilsey Cemetery38.6388-96.68854
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Downing38.74028-96.57389

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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