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Morristown
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town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Morris
- Incorporated
- April 6, 1865
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- Town Council
- Mayor
- Timothy P. Dougherty ( D , December 31, 2025)
- Administrator
- Jillian Barrick
- Municipal clerk
- Margot Kaye
- Total
- 3.01 sq mi (7.79 km )
- Land
- 2.91 sq mi (7.53 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km ) 3.26%
- Rank
- 333rd of 565 in state, 25th of 39 in county
- Elevation
- 315 ft (96 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 20,723
- Density
- 6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Morristown (/ˈmɒrɪstaʊn/) is a town in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from 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, and it was formally set off from the township in 1895. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 20,180, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 1,769 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 18,411, which in turn had reflected a decline of 133 (−0.7%) from the 18,544 counted at the 2000 census.
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