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History · Morrison

Morrison’s post office opened in 1857

Most of Morrison was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1910.

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How Morrison began

When was Morrison founded?

1857

The Morrison post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 149 in 19102020 census: 733169 years
Founding year: the first Morrison post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Morrison’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Morrison are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morrison’s history is told.

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The story so far

Morrison, in brief

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

Morrison is a town in Warren County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Morrison had a population of 733.

Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 694 to 733 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Morrison, 1857 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Morrison post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1936Born hereRobert Brown is born here
  5. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Morrison on the map, 1936 to 1983

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

Morrison on the 1936 USGS mapMorrison on the 1956 USGS mapMorrison on the 1983 USGS map1936Morrison sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Morrison, census by census

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Grew from 149 people in 1910 to 733 in 2020, 4 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners

Morrison’s post office has been open since 1857.

Hamlets and corners on the map
HiawasseeOld Well Crossing

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

Questions about Morrison’s history

What year was Morrison founded?

The Morrison post office opened in 1857, 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, 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.