Morris Plains
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borough in New Jersey, United States
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) )
via Wikipedia infobox
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morris Plains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.