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Morris County, New Jersey

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161historic places

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1739formed

509,285pop. 2020

49cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 161 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Morristown, Long Valley, Boonton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

89 of 161 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

161 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Acorn Hall (Additional Documentation)	Morristown	Building	1973
Alnwick Hall	Morris Township	Building	1985
Anthony-Corwin Farm	Long Valley	Building	1992
Arch Bridge from the Boonton Ironworks	Boonton	Structure	2022
Ayres' Farm	Denville	District	1998
Baker Building	Dover	Building	1981
Berry, Martin, House	Pompton Plains	Building	1973
Beverwyck Site	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Site	2004
Blackwell Street Historic District	Dover	District	1982
Boisaubin Manor	Morristown	Building	1976
Boonton Historic District	Boonton	District	1980
Boonton Ironworks Historic District	Boonton	District	2023
Boonton Public Library	Boonton	Building	1972
Bottle Hill Historic District	Borough of Madison	District	2005
Bower, David S., House	Chatham	Building	1982
Bowers-Livingston-Osborn House	Parsippany	Building	1973
Bowlsby-Degelleke House	Parsippany	Building	1978
Boyle/Hudspeth-Benson House	Millington	Building	1975
Brookside	Brookside	District	1996
Campfield, Dr. Jabez, House	Morristown	Building	2008
Carey, Lewis, Farmhouse	Flanders	Building	1977
Cary Station	Ledgewood	District	1985
Cary, Stephen, House	Mendham	Building	1989
Chamberlain, George, House	Jefferson	Building	2009
Chester House Inn	Chester	Building	1974
Church in the Glen, The	Netcong	Building	2013
Combs Hollow	Mount Freedom	District	1996
Community of St. John Baptist	Mendham	Building	2007
Condict, Dr. Lewis, House	Morristown	Building	1973
Condit, Stephen, House	Parsippany	Building	1974
Cook, Ellis, House	East Hanover	Building	1975
Cooper, Gen. Nathan, Mansion	Mendham	Building	1978
Cooper, Nathan, Gristmill	Chester	Building	1976
Craft-Clausen House	Long Valley	Building	1992
Craftsman Farms NHL	Parsippany	Building	1989
Cutler Homestead	Morristown	Building	1975
Davenport-Demarest House	Montville	Building	1992
Decker-Kincaid Homestead	Boonton	Building	2005
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station	Morristown	Building	1980
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station	Boonton	Building	1977
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station	Dover	Building	1980
Dixon, James, Farm	Boonton	Building	1977
Dod, John, House and Tavern	Lincoln Park	Building	1977
Doremus House	Towaco	Building	1972
Dusenberry House	Chatham	Building	1979
First Congregational Church	Chester	Building	1977
First Presbyterian Church of Hanover	Livingston	Building	1977
First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains	Pompton Plains	Building	2012
Flock-Stephens Farmstead	Long Valley	Building	1992
Flocktown Schoolhouse	Long Valley	Building	1982
Ford, Samuel, Jr.'s, Hammock Farm	Florham Park	Building	1974
Ford-Faesch House	Dover	Building	1974
Fordville	Morristown	Building	1978
Fosterfields (Boundary Increase)	Morristown	Building	1991
Fredericks House	Fayson Lakes	Building	1979
Friends Meetinghouse	Dover	Building	1973
German Valley Historic District	Chester	District	1983
Gibbons Mansion	Madison	Building	1977
Gibbons, William, Stable and Farm	Chatham Township	Building	2005
Glanville Blacksmith Shop	Morristown	Building	1987
Glynallen	Morristown	Building	1987
Grimes Homestead	Mountain Lakes	Building	1977
Hancock, Rev. John, House, Cider Mill and Cemetery	Florham Park	Building	1984
Hanover Village Historic District	East Hanover	District	1993
Hartley Farms	Morristown	Building	1991
Howell, Benjamin, Homestead	Parsippany	Building	1978
Illumination Gas Plant of the New Jersey State Asylum for the Insane at Morris Plains	Parsippany	Building	2000
Jackson, Joseph, House	Rockaway Borough	Building	1975
Jenkins-Mead House	Morristown	Building	1997
Kemble, Peter, House	Chatham	Building	1980
King Store and Homestead	Ledgewood	Building	1994
Lafayette School	Roxbury Township	Building	2022
Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club	Mount Arlington Borough	Building	1999
Ledgewood Historic District	Ledgewood	District	2013
Lindenwold	Morristown	Building	1986
Little Red Schoolhouse	Florham Park	Building	1986
Low, Effingham, House	Pinebrook	Building	1992
Madison Civic Commercial District	Madison	District	1991
Madison Masonic Lodge	Madison	Building	2008
Madison Public Library and the James Building	Madison	Building	1980
Madison Station	Madison	Building	1984
Mendham Historic District	Mendham Borough	District	1985
Mendham Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Mendham Borough	District	2014
Merchiston Farm	Chester	Site	1989
Methodist Episcopal Church	Madison	Building	2008
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hibernia	Hibernia	Building	2011
Middle Valley Historic District	Long Valley	District	1990
Miller-Kingsland House	Boonton	Building	1973
Miller-Rinehard Farmstead	Washington Township	Building	2006
Millington Schoolhouse	Millington	Building	2012
Millington Station	Millington	Building	1984
Mills, Timothy, House	Morristown	Building	1975
Montville Schoolhouse	Montville	Building	2009
Morris Canal Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Roxbury Township	Building	2016
Morris County Courthouse	Morristown	Building	1977
Morris Plains Station	Morris Plains	Building	1984
Morristown District	Morristown	District	1973
Morristown Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Morristown	District	1986
Morristown National Historical Park	Morristown	Site	1966
Morristown School	Morristown	Building	1996
Morristown and Erie Railroad Whippany Water Tank	Hanover Township	Structure	2006
Mott Hollow	Millbrook	District	1992
Mount Arlington Historic District	Mount Arlington	District	1983
Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church	Mount Freedom	Building	1991
Mount Hope Miners' Church	Rockaway	Building	2012
Mount Kemble Home	Morristown	Building	1986
Mount Olive Village Historic District	Mount Olive	District	2015
Mount Tabor Historic District	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	District	2015
Mount Vernon School	Chatham Township	Building	2022
Mountain Lakes Historic District	Mountain Lakes	District	2005
Nast, Thomas, Home NHL	Morristown	Building	1966
Neighbor, Jacob Wise (J. W.), House	Long Valley	Building	1991
Neighbor, Leonard, Farmstead	Long Valley	Building	1992
New Vernon Historic District	Harding	District	1982
New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad Station	Butler Borough	Building	2002
Normandy Park	Morristown	District	1996
Oak Dell	Morristown	Building	1986
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel	Whippany	Building	1978
Palace Theatre	Netcong	Building	1996
Parlaman, Johannes, House	Montville	Building	1992
Parsonage of the Montville Reformed Dutch Church	Montville	Building	1992
Pompton Plains Railroad Station	Pequannock	Building	2008
Pruddentown Historic District	Morris Township	District	2003
Ralston Historic District	Mendham	District	1975
Ralston Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Mendham Township	District	1999
Rarick-Kellihan House	Long Valley	Building	1992
Revere, Joseph W., House	Morristown	Building	1973
Riggs, Silas, House	Ledgewood	Building	1977
Ringling, Alfred T., Manor	Oak Ridge	District	1976
Rockaway Valley Methodist Church	Boonton	Building	1977
Sayre House	Madison	Building	1980
Schooley's Mountain Historic District	Schooley's Mountain	District	1991
Seward House	Flanders	Building	2013
Sharpenstine Farmstead	Long Valley	Building	1992
Silver Lake Historic District	Harding	District	1999
Slater's Mill	Riverdale	Building	1975
Smith, Bridget, House	Mine Hill Township	Building	1998
Smith, John, House	Morristown	Building	1976
Speedwell Village-The Factory NHL	Morristown	Building	1974
Split Rock Furnace	Boonton	District	1974
Spring Brook House	Morristown	Building	1986
St. Mary’s Church Historic District	Borough of Wharton	District	2023
Stephens Homestead	Hackettstown	Building	2013
Tempe Wick Road-Washington Corners Historic District	Harding	District	2000
Thompson, David, House	Mendham	Building	1973
Thorne and Eddy Estates	Morristown	Building	1978
Trimmer-Dufford Farmstead	Long Valley	Building	1992
Tuttle House	Whippany	Building	1977
Tuttle, David, Cooperage	Dover	Building	1979
United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039	Hanover Township	Structure	2002
Van Duyne, James, Farm House	Towaco	Building	1982
Van Duyne, Martin, House	Montville	Building	1992
Van Duyne, Simon, House	Pinebrook	Building	1992
Van Duyne-Jacobus House	Montville	Building	1992
Vanness-Linen House	Riverdale Borough	Building	2011
Vreeland, Nicholas, Outkitchen	Montville	Building	2009
Washington Valley Historic District	Morristown	District	1992
Washington Valley Schoolhouse	Washington Valley	Building	1973
Whippany Burying Yard	Hanover	Site	2009
Whippany Farm	Morristown	Building	1977
Willow Hall	Morristown Town	Building	2011

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 1739 (1739-03-15) from Hunterdon, Essex.

15 Mar 1738/1739. MORRIS created from HUNTERDON and ESSEX.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Morris County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
16,216	17,750	21,368	25,844	34,677	50,861	65,156	82,694	125,732	164,371	261,620	407,630	470,212	509,285

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
Morristown National Historical Park	National Historical Park	9.4 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

49 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Beth Israel Cemetery	40.8276	-74.44652
Brown Cemetery	40.99133	-74.35233
Chester Congregational Cemetery	40.78787	-74.69655
Convent Cemetery	40.80509	-74.49738
Cooks Cemetery	40.89771	-74.46141
Denville Cemetery	40.89849	-74.48731
Evergreen Cemetery	40.8049	-74.47005
Fair Mount Cemetery	40.72926	-74.38959
Fredericks Cemetery	40.97252	-74.3572
Gate of Heaven Cemetery	40.81677	-74.37459
Greenwood Cemetery	40.89578	-74.40884
Hanover Cemetery	40.79926	-74.37015
Hibernia Cemetery	40.95037	-74.49127
Hillside Cemetery	40.75509	-74.41099
Hilltop Presbyterian Cemetery	40.77378	-74.59687
Historic Cemetery of First Presbyterian Church	40.90415	-74.51329
Holland Cemetery	41.06794	-74.52126
Holy Family Cemetery	40.7827	-74.43406
Holy Rood Cemetery	40.79787	-74.45016
Hurdtown Cemetery	40.96412	-74.59919
Locust Hill Cemetery	40.89148	-74.55766
Marcella Cemetery	40.98842	-74.45349
Meyersville Cemetery	40.69169	-74.46206
Middle Valley Cemetery	40.76412	-74.8097
Mount Calvary Cemetery	40.99246	-74.34069
Mount Evergreen Cemetery	40.99953	-74.37598
Mount Freedom Cemetery	40.82759	-74.58193
Mount Freedom Hebrew Cemetery	40.81954	-74.61599
Mount Holiness Memorial Park Cemetery	40.99064	-74.35015
Mount Rest Cemetery	40.98731	-74.34876
Mount Sinai Cemetery	40.87148	-74.55905
New Vernon Cemetery	40.74709	-74.50457
Orchard Street Cemetery	40.88148	-74.56155
Pine Brook Cemetery	40.8798	-74.34555
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Churchyard	40.77815	-74.84961
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	40.86587	-74.56183
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	40.80981	-74.69905
Restland Memorial Park	40.8176	-74.36848
Saint Cecelias Cemetery	40.90811	-74.51505
Saint Mary's Cemetery	40.88231	-74.57821
Saint Marys Cemetery	40.82312	-74.42287
Saint Vincent Cemetery	40.74148	-74.40987
Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Cemetery	40.67422	-74.50329
Scott Cemetery	40.91787	-74.43793
Stanhope Union Cemetery	40.90315	-74.71738
Union Cemetery	40.84454	-74.821
Union Chapel Cemetery	40.98723	-74.46963
Vail Memorial Cemetery	40.86648	-74.40737
Winters Cemetery	40.98119	-74.46293

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

Historical markers

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