Morris Ranch
Morris Ranch is a ghost town, located 8.5 miles southwest of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The area was begun as a thoroughbred horse ranch by New Yorker Francis Morris in 1856, and the town grew up around it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Gillespie County, Texas
- Also known as: “Morris Ranch, Texas” and “Morris Ranch, TX”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tivydale.
Tivydale
Hamlet
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Tivydale is an unincorporated farming and ranching community located in Gillespie County, Texas, United States, located 14 miles west of Fredericksburg, and was originally known as Bunkesville and Pumpkinville. Tivydale is situated 6 miles northwest of Morris Ranch.
Morris Ranch
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Gillespie, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.21715° or 30° 13′ 2″ northLongitude
-99.01227° or 99° 0′ 44″ westElevation
1,742 feet (531 metres)Open location code
86226X8Q+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151936679OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Morris Ranch” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Morris Ranch”
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