The story
Read it all →How Morristown Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Morristown Township.
Morristown was platted in 1855, and named for Walter Morris, a pioneer settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Morristown Township
29% of Morristown Township’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Morristown Feed Mill. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1870.
1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Morristown Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Morristown Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morristown Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Morristown Township, decade by decade
Today6 recent
2026Division St. N. (east side), Morristown, Minnesota
2026District 54 School House, Morristown, Minnesota
2026Commercial businesses, Morristown, Minnesota
2026City Hall and Community Center, Morristown, Minnesota
2026Bald eagle sculpture, Veterans Memorial, Morristown, …
2026Bald eagle sculpture, Veterans Memorial, Morristown, …On the map
Morristown Township on the map, 1962 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morristown Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Morristown sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morristown Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Morristown Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2019
Morristown Feed Mill
Buildings
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Morristown Township, census by census
Between 317 and 987 people in every census since 1870.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morristown Township’s Wikipedia page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Morristown Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Morristown Township?
One place: the Morristown Feed Mill (listed 2019).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.