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Municipal Building, Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania 1Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0
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History · Morris Township

31% of Morris Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Day Covered Bridge and the Robert Parkinson Farm. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 2000.

2on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Morris Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Morris Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Morris Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1973. Watch Morris Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sparta
1817–1901
Lindleys Mills
1840–1899
Prosperity
1850–today
Old Concord
1878–1955
Dunns Station
1886–1967
Conger
1899–1901
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CongerOld ConcordPlumbsockProsperityRinglandsSparta
Gone or out of use
Joint SchoolschoolLindley SchoolhouseschoolSparta Post Officepost officeWilson Schoolhouseschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Morris Township
CarrollElliottMount Zion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Morris Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morris Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Morris Township on the map, 1907 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morris Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Morris Township on the 1907 USGS mapMorris Township on the 1964 USGS mapMorris Township on the 1973 USGS map1907Claysville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morris Township.

The story so far

Morris Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Morris Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Morris Township is a township that is located in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 564 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the total of 818 that was tabulated during the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,105 to 909 (-18%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Morris Township, 1817 to 1907

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1817Post officeThe Sparta post office opens
  3. 1840Post officeThe Lindleys Mills post office opens
  4. 1850Post officeThe Prosperity post office opens
  5. 1899Post officeThe Lindleys Mills post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Sparta post office closes
  8. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Morris Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Municipal Building, Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania 22015Municipal Building, Morris Township, Greene County, P…Municipal Building, Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania 12015Municipal Building, Morris Township, Greene County, P…Morris Township Community Center, Greene County, Pennsylvania2015Morris Township Community Center, Greene County, Penn…Hopkins Store, Nineveh, Pennsylvania2015Hopkins Store, Nineveh, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State Route 182012Pennsylvania State Route 18Beulah Baptist Church2008Beulah Baptist Church
On the National Register

2 historic places in Morris Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Day Covered Bridge
Day Covered BridgeRobert Parkinson Farm
BuildingsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Queenpost Truss1
Greek Revival1
Day Covered BridgeQueenpost Truss
Robert Parkinson FarmGreek Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Morris Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,040

Between 564 and 1,040 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morris Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Morris Township

Nobody well known was born in Morris Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Coleman ScottOlympic wrestler · b. 1986
Arthur I. BoremanAmerican politician · b. 1823
Josh KoscheckAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1977
Bill GeorgeAmerican football player · b. 1929
E
Enos HookAmerican politician · b. 1804
D
Don GeorgeAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1934
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Amwell Township5 historic placesAEast Finley Township3 historic placesB+South Franklin TownshipIts storyCWashington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Morris Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Morris Township?

Two places: the Day Covered Bridge (listed 1979) and the Robert Parkinson Farm (2002).

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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.