Morris Plains
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borough in New Jersey, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in NJ.
It sits within the topics 1926 establishments in New Jersey, Borough form of New Jersey government and Boroughs in Morris County, New Jersey.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Morris
- Incorporated
- April 15, 1926
- Named after
- Lewis Morris
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Jason C. Karr ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Municipal clerk
- RoseMarie Leyhan
- Total
- 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km )
- Land
- 2.55 sq mi (6.61 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km ) 1.35%
- Rank
- 369th of 565 in state, 30th of 39 in county
- Elevation
- 430 ft (130 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 6,590
- Density
- 2,409.6/sq mi (930.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Morris Plains
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Morris County
- Population
- 6153
- Area
- 6.717925
- Elevation
- 430
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Morris Township
- Official website
- www.morrisplainsboro.org
- Image
- Greystone.jpg
- Households
- 2369
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- Commons category
- Morris Plains, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07950
- inception
- 1926-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.4195
- per capita income
- 61235
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The borough's name comes from Lewis Morris, colonial governor of New Jersey.
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