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History · Morris Chapel

Morris Chapel’s post office opened in 1878, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Morris Chapel began

When was Morris Chapel founded?

1878

The Morris Chapel post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 238148 years
Founding year: the first Morris Chapel post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Morris Chapel’s past

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Morris Chapel, in brief

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

Morris Chapel is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, in the southwestern part of the state. Morris Chapel is the hometown of former baseball pitcher Jim Hardin.

Its first post office opened in 1878.

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

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Questions about Morris Chapel’s history

What year was Morris Chapel founded?

The Morris Chapel post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.