Morris County, New Jersey

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The Morris County Courthouse is located at Washington and Court Street, Morristown NJ 07960; phone: 973‑656‑4000. Built in 1827, the courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Photo: Thomas Nast Home, circa 1873, located at MacCulloch Avenue and Miller Road, Morristown, NJ. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Photographed by User:Daniel Case (own work), 2008, [cc‑3.0], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed September, 2021.

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TOWNS

• Boonton Twp
• Butler Boro
• Chatham Twp
• Denville Twp
• Dover Town
• East Hanover Twp
• Hanover Twp
• Harding Twp
• Madison Boro
• Mendham Boro
• Montville Twp
• Morris Twp
• Morristown Town
• Mount Arlington Boro
• Mount Olive Twp
• Mountain Lakes Boro
• Randolph Twp
• Riverdale Boro
• Rockaway Boro
• Roxbury Twp
• Chatham Boro
• Chester Boro
• Chester Twp
• Florham Park Boro
• Jefferson Twp
• Kinnelon Boro
• Lincoln Park Boro
• Long Hill Twp
• Mendham Twp
• Mine Hill Twp
• Morris Plains Boro
• Netcong Boro
• Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp
• Passaic Twp
• Pequannock Twp
• Rockaway Twp
• Victory Gardens Boro
• Washington Twp
• Wharton Boro

Beginnings [1]

Morris County was created in 1738 from Hunterdon County. Originally it included the territory that is now Sussex and Warren Counties. It was named for Lewis Morris who was serving as New Jersey's governor at the time the county was organized.

1. John W. Barber and Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey, Benjamin Olds publisher, New Haven, 1844.

HISTORIC SITES

• Acorn Hall
• Alnwick Hall
• Anthony-Corwin Farm
• Ayres' Farm
• Berry, Martin, House
• Blackwell Street Historic District
• Boisaubin Manor
• Boonton Historic District
• Bottle Hill Historic District
• Bower, David S., House
• Bowers-Livingston-Osborn House
• Bowlsby-Degelleke House
• Boyle/Hudspeth-Benson House
• Brookside
• Carey, Lewis, Farmhouse
• Cary, Stephen, House
• Combs Hollow
• Condict, Dr. Lewis, House
• Condit, Stephen, House
• Cook, Ellis, House
• Cooper, Gen. Nathan, Mansion
• Craft-Clausen House
• Craftsman Farms
• Cutler Homestead
• Davenport-Demarest House
• Decker-Kincaid Homestead
• Dixon, James, Farm
• Dod, John, House and Tavern
• Doremus House
• Dusenberry House
• Flock-Stephens Farmstead
• Ford, Samuel, Jr.'s, Hammock Farm
• Ford-Faesch House
• Fordville
• Fosterfields
• Fredericks House
• German Valley Historic District
• Gibbons Mansion
• Gibbons, William, Stable and Farm
• Glynallen
• Grimes Homestead
• Hanover Village Historic District
• Hartley Farms
• Howell, Benjamin, Homestead
• Jackson, Joseph, House
• Jenkins-Mead House
• Kemble, Peter, House
• King Store and Homestead
• Lindenwold
• Low, Effingham, House
• Madison Civic Commercial District
• Mendham Historic District
• Merchiston Farm
• Middle Valley Historic District
• Miller-Rinehard Farmstead
• Miller-Kingsland House
• Mills, Timothy, House
• Morris County Courthouse
• Morristown Historic District
• Mount Arlington Historic District
• Mount Kemble Home
• Mountain Lakes Historic District
• Nast, Thomas, Home
• Neighbor, Jacob Wise (J. W.), House
• Neighbor, Leonard, Farmstead
• New Vernon Historic District
• Oak Dell
• Parlaman, Johannes, House
• Pruddentown Historic District
• Ralston Historic District
• Rarick-Kellihan House
• Revere, Joseph W., House
• Riggs, Silas, House
• Ringling, Alfred T., Manor
• Sayre House
• Schooley's Mountain Historic District
• Sharpenstine Farmstead
• Silver Lake Historic District
• Smith, Bridget, House
• Smith, John, House
• Speedwell Village Historic District
• Spring Brook House
• Tempe Wick Road-Washington Corners Historic District
• Thompson, David, House
• Thorne and Eddy Estates
• Trimmer-Dufford Farmstead
• Tuttle House
• Van Duyne, James, Farm House
• Van Duyne, Martin, House
• Van Duyne, Simon, House
• Van Duyne-Jacobus House
• Washington Valley Historic District
• Whippany Farm

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