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William G. Stratton State Park is an Illinois state park in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, United States.It is named after Illinois Governor William Stratton, and was developed in 1959 to provide public boating access to the Illinois River.
The historic district reflects the history of Morris, Illinois as a canal town on the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Named after canal commissioner Isaac N. Morris, the town became the Grundy County seat in 1841 and was originally platted a year later. The earliest of the buildings were built in the 1850s, shortly after the canal's construction.
The average high temperature for Morris in July is 84.5 °F (43 °C), while the average January low is 15.4 °F (-9.2 °C). Morris has not been struck by any major tornadoes in recent history, although they occur in Northern Illinois annually. Morris was the first town hit by the Super Outbreak of April 3–4, 1974. However, the damage within ...
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The Morris Wide Water Canal Boat Site is an archaeological site in Morris, Illinois, which contains the remains of seven canal boats sunk in the Illinois & Michigan Canal. The boats were likely built between 1865 and 1885 and were abandoned at the site between 1895 and 1915, after which they gradually sank.
Morris Township is one of seventeen townships in Grundy County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 United States Census , its population was 7,139 and it contained 3,353 housing units. [ 1 ]
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