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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.
Morris is located in northeast Grundy County along U.S. Route 6 and Illinois Route 47 and on the north side of the Illinois River [8] [9] at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m). [ 1 ] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Morris has a total area of 11.64 square miles (30.15 km 2 ), of which 11.28 square miles (29.22 km 2 ) (or 96.92%) is ...
Grundy County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,533. [1] Its county seat is Morris. [2] Grundy County is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Illinois was in Grundy County, just northeast of the village ...
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.
WCSJ-FM (103.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Morris, Illinois.It airs a full service, classic hits radio format and is owned and operated by Nelson Multimedia Inc. WCSJ-FM's programming includes local news, high school sports, a weekly fishing and outdoor program, and NASCAR racing.
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 ]
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre (1,027 ha) state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve. It is located in Grundy County near the town of Morris approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Chicago. [1]
The Illinois Freedom Bell is annually rung in unison, at 1 pm CDT (18:00 UTC) on the Independence Day, July 4, with other bells across the United States. [8] [9] Thousands of people gather in the village to hear the bell each year on Independence Day. [8] In Mount Morris, the annual event is known as the Let Freedom Ring festival. [5]