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History · Morris

Morris’ post office opened in 1890, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Morris began

When was Morris founded?

1890

The Morris post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 374136 years
Founding year: the first Morris post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Morris’ 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 Morris 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 Morris’s history is told.

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The story so far

Morris, in brief

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

Morris is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the town population was 374. The unincorporated community of Five Corners is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 453 to 374 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Morris, 1890 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Morris post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914Post officeThe Morris post office closes
  5. 1964On 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

Morris on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Morris on the 1964 USGS mapMorris on the 1982 USGS map1964Wittenberg 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.

Famous people

Famous people close to Morris

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

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Bert ThielMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1926
C
Chester J. RobertsAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
E
Earl W. SchmidtAmerican judge · b. 1936
F
Francis R. ByersAmerican politician · b. 1920
H
Helmer SwenholtUnited States Army officer · b. 1886
R
Roger BreskeAmerican politician · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Morris had its own post office from 1890 to 1914.

Morris
1890–1914
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Five Corners
Gone or out of use
Loken SchoolschoolNorway Schoolschool

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SenecaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairbanksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlmonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWittenbergIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBowlerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Morris’ history

What year was Morris founded?

The Morris post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.