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History · Mount Morris

Mount Morris’ post office opened in 1854

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Mount Morris was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1961 on.

1854first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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How Mount Morris began

When was Mount Morris founded?

1854

The Mount Morris post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Howe's Corners (1858) and Waushara (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,096172 years

How historic is Mount Morris?

C−

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Mount Morris post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Mount Morris’ History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mount Morris is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Morris’ overall grade.
Founding era1854, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19405.5% of homes (±3.2) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 22%
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Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mount Morris’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Mount 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 Mount Morris are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mount Morris.
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Start Mount Morris’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Morris’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.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Mount Morris had its own post office from 1854 to 1906. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mount Morris
1854–1906
Howe's Corners
1858–1873
Waushara
1892–1899
18501940today
1cemetery inside Mount Morris
Howes Corners

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

The story so far

Mount Morris, in brief

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

Mount Morris is a town in central Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,096 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Mount Morris is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,097 in 2010, 1,096 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Mount Morris, 1854 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Mount Morris post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Howe's Corners post office opens
  4. 1873Post officeThe Howe's Corners post office closes
  5. 1892Post officeThe Waushara post office opens
  6. 1899Post officeThe Waushara post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906Post officeThe Mount Morris post office closes
  9. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mount Morris, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Mount Morris on the map in 1961

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mount Morris.

Mount Morris on the 1961 USGS map1961Spring Lake 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 Mount Morris.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mount Morris

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

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William NighAmerican film director, writer and actor · b. 1881
H
Henry Solomon WellcomeAnglo-American businessman · b. 1853
Luther ReedAmerican film director and screenwrigter · b. 1888
Andy JorgensenAmerican politician · b. 1967
B
Bill ButlerAmerican football player born 1937 · b. 1937
Luther OlsenAmerican politician · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

MarionIts storyCWautomaIts storyC−SpringwaterIts storyC−Leon1 historic placeA−

Questions about Mount Morris’ history

What year was Mount Morris founded?

The Mount Morris post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Mount Morris rank for history?

Mount Morris is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Mount Morris?

6% of Mount Morris’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1979.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.