Morris, Illinois

Morris
The Morris Downtown Commercial Historic District
Location of Morris in Grundy County, Illinois.
Location of Morris in Grundy County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 41°22′28″N 88°25′48″W / 41.37444°N 88.43000°W / 41.37444; -88.43000[1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyGrundy
TownshipsMorris, Erienna, Saratoga, Wauponsee
Founded1842
Area
 • Total11.64 sq mi (30.15 km2)
 • Land11.28 sq mi (29.22 km2)
 • Water0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Elevation515 ft (157 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total14,163
 • Density1,255.25/sq mi (484.65/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
60450
Area codes815/779
FIPS code17-50491
GNIS feature ID2395407[1]
Wikimedia CommonsMorris, Illinois
Websitemorrisil.org
[3]

Morris is a city in and the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, United States and part of the southwest Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 14,163 as of the 2020 census.[4]

A team of ten anthropologists and sociologists from nearby University of Chicago studied the city in depth and reported its findings in W. Lloyd Warner, editor, Democracy in Jonesville: A Study of Quality and Inequality (1949).[5]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morris, Illinois
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Morris city, Illinois". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  4. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "William Lloyd Warner" in Oxford Reference (2023) online