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Morrison
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city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Whiteside
- Total
- 2.52 sq mi (6.52 km )
- Land
- 2.52 sq mi (6.52 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 656 ft (200 m)
- Density
- 1,622.5/sq mi (626.45/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-50530
- Website
- www .morrisonil .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Morrison is a town and the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Morrison had a population of 4,085. It is located on the Historic Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental highway and in Morrison was the site of two concrete "seedling miles", which served as prototypes of what an improved highway could do for the nation.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morrison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.