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Morris , a town
* Morris may refer to: Places Australia * St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitoba, a town mostly surrounded by the municipality * Morris (electoral district), Manitoba (defunct) * Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312, Saskatchewan United States ;Communities * Morris, Alabama, a town * Morris, Connecticut, a town * Morris, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Morris, Illinois, a city * Morris, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Morris, Minnesota, a city * Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Plains, New Jersey
Morris Plains is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,153, an increase of 621 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,532, which in turn reflected an increase of 296 (+5.7%) from the 5,236 counted in the 2000 census. Morris Plains was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1926, from portions of Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 15, 1926.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 195. Accessed May 30, 2024. The borough's name comes from Lewis Morris, colonial governor of New Jersey. Morris Plains serves as a bedroom community, with many residents traveling to work in New York City. The Morristown Line of NJ Transit provides commuters with direct access to New York Penn Station and to Hoboken Terminal. Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Reservoir
Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising above the San Gabriel River stream bed. Geography The reservoir is located alongside California State Route 39, approximately north of the city of Azusa. Morris Reservoir is just downstream from the San Gabriel Dam. The mean water elevation is about , when the reservoir is at capacity. Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s. — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolutionary War, American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Morristown's history is visible in a variety of locations that collectively make up Morristown National Historical Park, the country's first National Historical Park. Morristown was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, within Morris Township, New Jersey, Morris Township, and it was formally set off from the township in 1895. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris, Minnesota
Morris is a city and the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2020 census. Morris is surrounded by some of the nation's richest agricultural land, and agribusiness is important to the local economy. Headquartered in Morris, Riverview LLP is Minnesota's largest dairy milking operation and one of the largest in the nation. Other large economic contributors are beef feedlots and swine producers, manufacturing, education, and healthcare industries. The town is home to the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM), part of the University of Minnesota system. It was established as a public college in 1960 on the grounds of a former industrial school for Native Americans. Today the campus has a population of approximately 1,900 and is ranked as a "Top 10 Public Liberal Arts College" by '' U.S. News & World Report'' and one of "America's Top Colleges" by ''Forbes.'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Morris, South Australia
St Morris is a suburb of Adelaide, located in the local government area of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. History ''North Norwood'' Post Office opened around 1886, was renamed ''Trinity Gardens'' in 1950 and ''St Morris'' in 1963 before closing in 1988. The Windsor Theatre opened at 407 Magill Road in 1931, purpose-built as a picture theatre, on a corner block. It was owned by the Cunnew brothers, was also known as the De Franco at some point, and closed in 1957, by which time the lease had been acquired by Ozone Theatres Ltd. and as of 2022 houses Inspirations paint shop. The suburb was regarded as a middle class one in the 20th century. References Suburbs of Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Morris is an extinct town in Kanawha County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American .... References Ghost towns in West Virginia Geography of Kanawha County, West Virginia {{KanawhaCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS AFDM-2
USS ''AFDM-2'', (former ''YFD-4''), is an Auxiliary floating drydock, medium auxiliary floating drydock built in Mobile, Alabama by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company for the U.S. Navy. Originally named USS ''YFD-4'', Auxiliary floating drydock#Yard Floating Dock (YFD), Yard Floating Dock-4, she operated by Todd Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana for the repair of US ships during World War II. ''YFD-4'' was renamed an Auxiliary Floating Dock Medium ''AFDM-2'' in 1945 after the war. Design ''AFDM-2'' was tall, wide, length of (all three section connected), and has a displacement of 6,360 tons. AFDM-2 could lift capacity 9,000 tons and had two service Crane (machine), cranes to lift material and parts for removing damage parts and the installation of new parts. The floating drydock can repair ships up to a beam of , as she is 90 feet wide between the wing walls. Ballast tank, Ballast Pontoon (boat), pontoons Water tank, tanks are flooded with water to Underwater, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCS Morris
The USCS ''Morris'' was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1849 to 1855. The Coast Survey acquired ''Morris'' from the United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ... Quartermaster Department in 1849 and placed her in service that year along the United States Gulf Coast, where she spent her entire Coast Survey career. In 1852, a member of ''Morris''s crew–Daniel L. Bryan, M.D., past Assistant Surgeon, United States Navy–died of disease at Pensacola, Florida, while voluntarily attending the sick during an epidemic on the U.S. Gulf Coast. His sacrifice was noted as one of great heroism. ''Morris'' sank in Pensacola Harbor at Pensacola during a gale at the end of the 1853 surveying season, but she was raised and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Morris (other)
Mount Morris may refer to: Places United States * Mount Morris, Illinois * Mount Morris, Michigan * Mount Morris (New York), a mountain * Mount Morris (town), New York ** Mount Morris (village), New York * Mount Morris, Pennsylvania * Mount Morris, Wisconsin, a town * Mount Morris (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Mount Morris Township, Ogle County, Illinois * Mount Morris Township, Michigan * Mount Morris Township, Minnesota Other places * Mount Morris (Antarctica) People * Mount Etna Morris (1900-1988), U.S. politician Other * Mount Morris College, Illinois * Mount Morris Dam, New York * Mount Morris Park Historic District, Harlem, New York city {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Island
Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The island is part of the cities of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston and Folly Beach, South Carolina, Folly Beach, in Charleston County, South Carolina, Charleston County. History On January 9, 1861, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired from cannons by cadets of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel at the ''Star of the West'' as the ship tried to resupply Fort Sumter. Morris Island was heavily fortified to defend Charleston Harbor, with the fortifications centered on Fort Wagner. Battery Gregg was also on the island. Morris Island had heavy fighting during the Union Army's campaign to capture Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, and is perhaps best known today as the scene of the ill-fated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Creek (South Dakota)
Morris Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Morris Creek has the name of Sam Morris, a local convicted felon. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By tributary Minnesota River watershed * Little Minnesota River ** Jorgenson River * Whetstone River *North Fork Yellow Bank River *South Fork Yellow Bank River *West B ... References Rivers of Meade County, South Dakota Rivers of South Dakota {{SouthDakota-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris County, Texas
Morris County is a county located near the eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,973. Its county seat is Daingerfield. Morris County is probably named for William Wright Morris, an early judge and planter from Henderson, also in northeast Texas. As of 2016, Morris County is no longer one of six entirely dry, prohibition counties in the state of Texas. Morris County is "partially wet." History In the nineteenth century, this area was settled primarily by European-American planters and farmers, many of whom brought African American slaves with them or purchased others to work as laborers on the cotton plantations they developed. Cotton was most important, but farmers also cultivated other commodity crops before the American Civil War. Eastern Texas was the region of the state with the highest number and proportion of slaves. The area has continued to be mostly rural and agricultural. In the 21st century, African Americans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
