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Town of Morristown

Morristown

Morristown is a town of 19,000 people in , . Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.
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  • Type: Town with 19,100 residents
  • Description: town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Morris Town”, “Morristown, New Jersey”, “Morristown, NJ”, “New Hanover”, and “West Hanover”
  • Postal codes: 07960, 07962, and 07963

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ford Mansion and Morris County Courthouse.

Historic building
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a classic 18th-century American home located at 30 Washington Place in Morristown, New Jersey that served as General George Washington's headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.

Courthouse
Photo: Solybob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on Washington Street between Court Street and Western Avenue in the town of Morristown in .

Theater building
The is a nonprofit multi-use performing arts center located in Morristown, New Jersey, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morris Plains and Cedar Knolls.

Village
is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,153, an increase of 621 from the 2010 census count of 5,532, which in turn reflected an increase of 296 from the 5,236 counted in the 2000 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located within in , in the U.S. state of . It is part of Hanover Township along with . It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 4,082. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Morristown.

Hamlet
Hanover Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 14,677, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 965 from the 13,712 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 814 from the 12,898 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Morristown.

Morristown

Latitude
40.797° or 40° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
-74.481° or 74° 28′ 52″ west
Population
19,100
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
IATA airport code
MMU
Open location code
87G7QGW9+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 91625821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5101427
Wiki­data ID
Q962499
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Morristown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موريستاون”
  • Armenian: “Մորիսթաուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Morristaun”
  • Basque: “Morristown”
  • Belarusian: “Морыстаўн”
  • Bengali: “মরিসটাউন”
  • Catalan: “Morristown”
  • Cebuano: “Morristown (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, New Jersey)”
  • Cebuano: “Morristown”
  • Chechen: “Морриставн”
  • Chinese: “Morristown”
  • Chinese: “莫里斯敦”
  • Czech: “Morristown”
  • Dagbani: “Morristown”
  • Danish: “Morristown”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Morristown”
  • Dutch: “Morristown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مورريستاون، نيو جيرسى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مورريستاون”
  • Esperanto: “Morristown”
  • Finnish: “Morristown”
  • French: “Morristown”
  • German: “Morristown”
  • Gilaki: “مؤریس‌تاؤن (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “مؤریس‌تاؤن”
  • Greek: “Μοριστάουν”
  • Haitian: “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Morristown”
  • Hebrew: “מוריסטאון”
  • Hungarian: “Morristown”
  • Irish: “Morristown”
  • Italian: “Morristown”
  • Japanese: “モーリスタウン”
  • Japanese: “モリスタウン”
  • Kazakh: “Морристаун”
  • Kirghiz: “Морристаун”
  • Korean: “모리스타운”
  • Ladin: “Morristown”
  • Lombard: “Morristown”
  • Mazanderani: “موریستاون (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “موریستاون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morristown”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morristown”
  • Norwegian: “Morristown”
  • Persian: “موریس‌تاون، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “موریس‌تاون”
  • Polish: “Morristown”
  • Portuguese: “Morristown”
  • Russian: “Морристаун (Нью-Джерси)”
  • Russian: “Морристаун”
  • Russian: “Нью-Ганновер”
  • Scots: “Morristown”
  • Serbian: “Морстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morristown”
  • Silesian: “Morristown”
  • Slovak: “Morristown”
  • Slovenian: “Morristown”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موریستوون، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Morristown (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Morristown”
  • Swedish: “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Swedish: “Morristown”
  • Tamil: “மோரிசுடவுன், நியூ செர்சி”
  • Tamil: “மோரிசுடவுன்”
  • Tatar: “Морриставн”
  • Turkish: “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Morristown”
  • Ukrainian: “Морріставн”
  • Ukrainian: “Моррістаун”
  • Urdu: “مورس ٹاؤن، نیو جرسی”
  • Urdu: “مورس ٹاؤن”
  • Uzbek: “Morristown”
  • Volapük: “Morristown”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morristown”
  • Welsh: “Morristown, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Morristown”
  • “Morristown”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Morristown”. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.