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Morristown, New Jersey

This article is about the town in Morris County. For other uses, see Morristown, New Jersey (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Moorestown, New Jersey.

Morristown (/ˈmɒrɪstaʊn/) is a town in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[20] Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.[21][22] Morristown's history is visible in a variety of locations that collectively make up Morristown National Historical Park, the country's first National Historical Park.[23]

Morristown, New Jersey
Town
Morristown Green, the cultural heart of Morristown
Morristown Station
The Vail Mansion
Morris County Courthouse
Fort Nonsense
Morristown & Morris Township Library
Washington's Headquarters Museum
The Kedge
U.S. Post Office Downtown
Morristown Medical Center
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Official seal of Morristown, New Jersey
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Nickname(s): 
"Military Capital of the American Revolution", "Mo Town", "The Mo", "Mo City"
Location of Morristown in Morris County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
Location of Morristown in Morris County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left).
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Morristown is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Morristown
Morristown
Location in Morris County
Morristown is located in New Jersey
Morristown
Morristown
Location in New Jersey
Morristown is located in the United States
Morristown
Morristown
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°47′48″N 74°28′38″W / 40.796562°N 74.477318°W / 40.796562; -74.477318[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Morris
Founded1715
IncorporatedApril 6, 1865
Government
[7]
 • TypeFaulkner Act (mayor–council)
 • BodyTown Council
 • MayorTimothy P. Dougherty (D, December 31, 2025)[3][4]
 • AdministratorJillian Barrick[5]
 • Municipal clerkMargot Kaye[6]
Area
[8]
 • Total
3.01 sq mi (7.79 km2)
 • Land2.91 sq mi (7.53 km2)
 • Water0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2)  3.26%
 • Rank333rd of 565 in state
25th of 39 in county[1]
Elevation
[9]
315 ft (96 m)
Population
 (2020)[10][11]
 • Total
20,180
 • Estimate 
(2023)[10][12]
20,571
 • Rank137th of 565 in state
9th of 39 in county[13]
 • Density6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km2)
  • Rank67th of 565 in state
2nd of 39 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
07960–07963[14]
Area code(s)862/973 and 201[15][16]
FIPS code3402748300[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID0885309[1][19]
Websitewww.townofmorristown.org

Morristown was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, within Morris Township, and it was formally set off from the township in 1895.[24] As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 20,180,[10][11] its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 1,769 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 18,411,[25][26] which in turn had reflected a decline of 133 (−0.7%) from the 18,544 counted at the 2000 census.[27]

According to British colonial records, the first permanent settlement in Morristown was New Hanover, founded in 1715 by colonists from New York and Connecticut. Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon County. The county, and ultimately Morristown itself, was named for the popular Governor of the Province, Lewis Morris, who championed land ownership rights for colonists.[28][29]

History

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Ford Mansion, Washington's headquarters from 1779 to 1780 during the Revolutionary War
 
Morristown in 1828
 
Morristown United Methodist Church

Present-day Morristown was initially inhabited by the Lenni Lenape Native Americans for up to 6,000 years prior to exploration of Europeans.[30] The first European settlements in this portion of New Jersey were established by Sweden and the Netherlands in the early 17th century, when significant trade in furs existed between the natives and the Europeans at temporary posts. It became part New Netherland, a Dutch colony, but the English seized control of the region in 1664, which was granted to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and named the Province of New Jersey.

18th century

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Morristown was settled around 1715 by English Presbyterians from Southold, New York, on Long Island and New Haven, Connecticut, as the village of New Hanover.[31][32] The town's central location and road connections led to its selection as the seat of the new Morris County shortly after its separation from Hunterdon County on March 15, 1739.[33] The village and county were named for Lewis Morris, the first and then sitting royal governor of a united colony of New Jersey.[31]

By the middle of the 18th century, Morristown had 250 residents, with two churches, a courthouse, two taverns, two schools, several stores, and numerous mills and farms nearby.

George Washington first came to Morristown in May 1773, two years before the Revolutionary War broke out, and traveled from there to New York City with John Parke Custis, his stepson, and Lord Stirling.[34]

In 1777, General Washington and the Continental Army marched from the victories at Trenton and Princeton to encamp near Morristown from January to May. Washington's headquarters during that first encampment was at Jacob Arnold's Tavern, located at the Morristown Green in the center of Morristown.[35] Morristown was selected for its extremely strategic location.[36] It was between Philadelphia and New York and near New England while being protected by the Watchung Mountains from the bulk of British troops camped in New York City. It also was chosen for the skills and trades of the residents, local industries and natural resources to provide arms, and what was thought to be the ability of the community to provide enough food to support the army.

The churches were used for inoculations for smallpox. That first headquarters, Arnold's Tavern, was eventually moved .5 miles (800 m) south of the green onto Mount Kemble Avenue to become All Souls' Hospital in the late 19th century. It suffered a fire in 1918, and the original structure was demolished, but new buildings for the hospital were built directly across the street.[37][38]

From December 1779 to June 1780, the Continental Army's second encampment at Morristown was at Jockey Hollow. Then, Washington's headquarters in Morristown was located at the Ford Mansion, a large mansion near what was then the edge of town. Ford's widow and children shared the house with Martha Washington and officers of the Continental Army.[39]

The winter of 1780 was the worst winter of the Revolutionary War. The starvation was complicated by extreme inflation of money and lack of pay for the army. The entire Pennsylvania contingent successfully mutinied. Later, 200 New Jersey soldiers also attempted unsuccessfully to mutiny.[40] Many soldiers died, due to weak health.

During Washington's second stay, in March 1780, he declared St. Patrick's Day a holiday to honor his many Irish troops.[41] Martha Washington traveled from Virginia and remained with her husband each winter throughout the war. The Marquis de Lafayette came to Washington in Morristown to inform him that France would be sending ships and trained soldiers to aid the Continental Army.[42]

Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, and Fort Nonsense are all preserved as part of Morristown National Historical Park, managed by the National Park Service, which has the distinction among historic preservationists of being the first National Historical Park established in the United States.[43][44]

During Washington's stay, Benedict Arnold was court-martialed at Dickerson's Tavern, on Spring Street, for charges related to profiteering from military supplies at Philadelphia. His admonishment was made public, but Washington quietly promised the hero, Arnold, to make it up to him.[45]

Alexander Hamilton courted and wed Elizabeth Schuyler at a residence where Washington's personal physician resided. Locally known as the Schuyler-Hamilton House, the Dr. Jabez Campfield House is listed on both the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places.[46][47]

At Morristown Green, there is a statue commemorating the meeting of George Washington, the young Marquis de LaFayette, and young Alexander Hamilton as they discussed forthcoming aid from French ships and troops being sent by King Louis XVI to aid the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.[48]

Morristown's Burnham Park has a statue, "Father of the American Revolution", depicting Thomas Paine, who wrote Common Sense in 1776, which urged a complete break from British rule and helped inspire the American Revolution. The bronze statue by sculptor Georg J. Lober shows Paine in 1776 using a drum as a table during the withdrawal of the army across New Jersey composing Crisis 1. He wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls..." The statue was dedicated on July 4, 1950.[49]

19th century

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The idea for constructing the Morris Canal is credited to Morristown businessman George P. Macculloch, who in 1822 convened a group to discuss his concept for a canal. The group included Governor of New Jersey Isaac Halstead Williamson, which led to approval of the proposal by the New Jersey Legislature later that year. The canal was used for a century.[50] In July 1825 during his 15 month return tour of the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette returned to Morristown, where a ball was held in his honor at the 1807 Sansay House on DeHart Street (the edifice still stands as of 2011).[51]

In 1827, St. Peter's Episcopal Church was founded at the behest of Bishop George Washington Doane and many prominent Morristown Families, including George P. Macculloch, of the Morris Canal.[52] When the Church was rebuilt by the then-internationally famous architectural firm, McKim, Mead and White, beginning in 1889, the congregation erected one of the United States finest church buildings –a stone, English-gothic church complete with fined stained glass, and a long, decorated interior.

Antoine le Blanc, a French immigrant laborer, murdered the Sayre family and their servant (or possibly slave), Phoebe. He was tried and convicted of murder of the Sayres (but not of Phoebe) on August 13, 1833. On September 6, 1833, Le Blanc became the last person hanged on the Morristown Green. Until late 2006, the house where the murders were committed was known as "Jimmy's Haunt," which is purported to be haunted by Phoebe's ghost because her murder never saw justice. Jimmy's Haunt was torn down to make way for a bank in 2007.

Samuel F. B. Morse and Alfred Vail built the first telegraph at the Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown on January 6, 1838. The first telegraph message was A patient waiter is no loser. The first public demonstration of the invention occurred five days later as an early step toward the Information Age.[53]

Jacob Arnold's Tavern, the first headquarters for Washington in Morristown and site of Benedict Arnold's 1780 trial, was purchased by Morristown historian Julia Keese Nelson Colles (1840-1913) to save it from demolition in 1886. It was moved by horse-power in the winter of 1887 from "the green" (after being stuck on Bank Street for about six weeks) to a site 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south on Mount Kemble Avenue at what is now a parking lot for the Atlantic RIMM Rehabilitation Hospital. It became a boarding house for four years until it was converted by the Grey Nuns from Montreal into All Souls' Hospital, the first general hospital in Morris County.[54] George and Martha Washington's second floor ballroom became a chapel and the first floor tavern became a ward for patients. In 1910, the late Augustus Lefebvre Revere (brother of hospital founder Paul Revere) willed the Hospital $10,000 to be used for the erection of a new building.[55] This fund was used 8 years later when the original Arnold's Tavern building was lost to a fire.[56][57] The entire organization, nurses, doctors, and patients of All Souls' Hospital were then moved across Mount Kemble Avenue, U.S. Route 202, to the newly built brick hospital building.[55] All Souls' was set to close because of financial difficulties in the late 1960s. In 1973, it became Community Medical Center. In 1977, the center became bankrupt and was purchased by the then new and larger Morristown Memorial Hospital, which is now the Morristown Medical Center.[58]

On December 18, 1843, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated. This was the first congregation established by blacks in Morris County. It is still active. The first site of the Church was located at 13 Spring Street and served as the only schoolhouse for colored children until 1870. The Church relocated to its present site at 59 Spring Street in 1874.[59][60]

The first Jews moved to Morristown in the 1850s, but much larger numbers of Ashkenazi Jews migrated to the region from Eastern Europe in the 1890s, which led to the incorporation of the Morristown Jewish Center in 1899.[61][62] Today there are several Jewish synagogues in Morristown reflecting the diversity of the community.[example needed]

In the 1880s, the town's residents were primarily farmers. The small amount of stores in the Morristown Green town center were only open during the evening to accommodate farmers who did not leave their work during the daytime. There were only a few stores in town, including Adams & Fairchild grocers and P. H. Hoffman & Son clothiers, both located in the Arnold's Tavern on the Morristown Green.[63]

Gilded Age of Morristown

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Not to be confused with America's Gilded Age, extending roughly from 1870 to 1900.
 
Oak Dell in Morristown, known as "Millionaries Row"

Starting in the mid-1800s, Morristown became a popular summer retreat for some of New York City's wealthiest residents.[64] From the 1870s onwards, immense estates were built up along once rural thoroughfares; Madison Avenue, which runs along Morristown and Madison, New Jersey, became known as "the street of the 100 millionaires" due to the sheer extravagance of the houses that were constructed.[65]

Between 1880 and 1929, the Gilded Age of Morristown occurred, when dozens of "millionaires with large fortunes built their estates" in Morristown and Morris Township.[66]

In the 1880 United States census, the town had 5,418 residents, which grew to 8,156 in 1890.[67]

In 1889,[68][69] Christian charity organization Market Street Mission was established on 9 Market Street beside the Morristown Green in response to the large number of saloons on Market Street. Beginning on March 18, 1889, the Mission hosted nightly meetings to aid and convert those with alcoholism, opioid use, and homelessness.[70] As of 2022, the organization continues to operate a homeless shelter, meals, and emergency services, along with men's drug addiction recovery groups, community counseling, a chapel, and a thrift store.[71][70]

Morris Township describes the influx of millionaires to the area:

By 1896, an estimated 54 millionaires lived in the Morristown area, with a total wealth of $289,000,000, which [circa 2009] would be worth billions of dollars. Six years later in 1902, there were at least 91 millionaires.[66]

This included New York warehouse and grain broker Charles Grant Foster, who bought the farm estate and mansion of Union Army general Joseph Warren Revere in 1881.[72] This became Fosterfields, a Jersey cow farm. It was later managed by Caroline Rose Foster, though most of its herd was sold in a 1927 auction. In 1979 it was donated to the Morris County Park Commission.[73][74] The site currently houses a living history museum and Revere's historic house.[75][76]

In 1902, the New York Herald described Morristown as "the Millionaire City of the Nation." The Herald claimed it "contains the richest and least known colony of wealthy people in the world." It identified 45 millionaires (15 of whom were worth over $10 million) who had purchased country homes in Morristown to avoid "lavish display" and seek "freedom from notoriety." The newspaper named some of them including lawyer George Griswold Frelinghuysen, carpet-making heir Eugene Higgins, banker Otto Hermann Kahn, Luther Kountze, and Louis A. Thebaud.[77]

 
Thorne Mansion, built in 1912, houses the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship[78]

Even smaller estates without deer herds, polo fields or private gas plants necessitated "multiple indoor and outdoor employees" such as "butlers, housekeeprs, parlor-maids and upstairs maids; governesses, nannies, and tutors; cooks and kitchen maids, coachmen, grooms, and stable boys; managers, care-takers, watchmen; gardeners and assistants."[77]

The Gilded Age of Morristown ended in 1929, due to the "high cost of maintaining the estates, increasing income taxes, and the stock market crash" that led to the Great Depression. The Morris Township reports, "Many of the mansions were closed or sold, and some burned."[66]

20th century

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Since 1929, more than 16,000 guide dogs for the blind from The Seeing Eye, Inc., the oldest such school in the U.S., have been trained on the streets of Morristown.[79][80]

 
Macculloch Hall, built 1810 by George P. Macculloch

21st century

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On January 5, 2009, five red lights were spotted in the Morristown area night skies, who gained significant press coverage and 9-1-1 calls.[81][82][83] On April 1, 2009, the perpetrators revealed their hoax by publicizing footage of its creation, which consisted of helium balloons and flares.[84][85] The event became nationally known as the Morristown UFO hoax.[86]

Geography

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Speedwell Lake

According to the United States Census Bureau, Morristown town had a total area of 3.01 square miles (7.79 km2), including 2.91 square miles (7.53 km2) of land and 0.10 square miles (0.25 km2) of water (3.26%).[1][2]

Morristown is completely surrounded by Morris Township,[87][88][89] making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.[90]

The downtown shopping and business district of Morristown is centered around a square park, known as the Morristown Green. It is a former market square from Morristown's colonial days.

Climate

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Morristown has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with hot, humid summers and moderately cold winters. The hardiness zone is 7a.

Climate data for Morristown
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 38
(3) 		40
(4) 		50
(10) 		61
(16) 		71
(22) 		80
(27) 		85
(29) 		83
(28) 		75
(24) 		65
(18) 		54
(12) 		43
(6) 		62
(17)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 20
(−7) 		22
(−6) 		27
(−3) 		36
(2) 		46
(8) 		58
(14) 		63
(17) 		62
(17) 		51
(11) 		39
(4) 		32
(0) 		26
(−3) 		40
(5)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.50
(114) 		3.00
(76) 		4.41
(112) 		4.64
(118) 		5.09
(129) 		4.40
(112) 		5.29
(134) 		4.37
(111) 		5.33
(135) 		4.17
(106) 		4.37
(111) 		4.10
(104) 		53.67
(1,363)
Source: [91]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18805,418—
18908,15650.5%
190011,26738.1%
191012,50711.0%
192012,5480.3%
193015,19721.1%
194015,2700.5%
195017,12412.1%
196017,7123.4%
197017,662−0.3%
198016,614−5.9%
199016,189−2.6%
200018,54414.5%
201018,411−0.7%
202020,1809.6%
2023 (est.)20,571[10][12]1.9%
Population sources:
1880-1920[92] 1880-1890[67]
1890-1910[93] 1880-1930[94]
1940–2000[95] 2000[96][97]
2010[25][26] 2020[10][11]

2020 census

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The 2020 United States census[98] counted 20,180 people, 8,391 households, and 4,199 families in Morristown. The population density was 6,934.7 per square mile (2,679.9/km2). There were 9,029 housing units at an average density of 3,102.7 per square mile (1,199.1/km2). The racial makeup was 49.29% (9,947) white, 10.05% (2,028) black or African-American, 1.71% (345) Native American or Alaska Native, 4.8% (968) Asian, 0.06% (12) Pacific Islander, 20.47% (4,130) from other races, and 13.63% (2,750) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 25.6% (4,882) of the population.

Of the 8,391 households, 19.1% had children under the age of 18; 36.2% were married couples living together; 29.0% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 33.7% were comprised of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.2 and the average family size was 3.0.

13.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 99.6 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey[99] estimates show that the median household income was $111,130 (with a margin of error of +/- $13,384) and the median family income was $124,531 (+/- $26,526). Males had a median income of $61,823 (+/- $6,029) versus $55,479 (+/- $7,473) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $58,971 (+/- $3,850). Approximately, 7.5% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under the age of 18 and 13.6% of those ages 65 or over.

2010 census

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The 2010 United States census counted 18,411 people, 7,417 households, and 3,649 families in the town. The population density was 6,284.9 per square mile (2,426.6/km2). There were 8,172 housing units at an average density of 2,789.6 per square mile (1,077.1/km2). The racial makeup was 62.50% (11,507) White, 13.97% (2,572) Black or African American, 0.64% (117) Native American, 4.34% (799) Asian, 0.06% (11) Pacific Islander, 14.84% (2,732) from other races, and 3.66% (673) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.09% (6,277) of the population.[25]

Of the 7,417 households, 22.7% had children under the age of 18; 31.1% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 50.8% were non-families. Of all households, 38.8% were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.13.[25]

17.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 104.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 106.1 males.[25]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $64,279 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,628) and the median family income was $66,070 (+/− $3,638). Males had a median income of $51,242 (+/− $6,106) versus $44,315 (+/− $5,443) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $37,573 (+/− $2,286). About 10.2% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.[100]

2000 census

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As of the 2000 United States census[17] there were 18,544 people, 7,252 households, and 3,698 families residing in the town. The population density was 6,303.9 inhabitants per square mile (2,433.9/km2). There were 7,615 housing units at an average density of 2,588.7 per square mile (999.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 67.63% White, 16.95% Black or black, 0.22% Native American, 3.77% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 8.48% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 27.15% of the population.[96][97]

9.8% of Morristown residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the eighth- highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.[101] 4.5% of Morristown residents identified themselves as being of Honduran American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the sixth-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.[102]

There were 7,252 households, out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.0% were non-families. 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.19.[96][97]

In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 40.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.[96][97]

The median income for a household in the town was $57,563, and the median income for a family was $66,419. Males had a median income of $42,363 versus $37,045 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,086. About 7.1% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.[96][97]

Economy

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"Smart Growth"[citation needed] in Morristown

Companies based in Morristown include Capsugel, Reworld,[103] Louis Berger Group,[104] Schindler Group and the Morristown & Erie Railway, a local short-line freight railway and Honeywell.

Morristown Medical Center, with 5,500 employees, is Morristown's largest employer. In a ruling issued in June 2015, Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled that the hospital would be required to pay property taxes on nearly all of its campus in the town.[105]

Arts and culture

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church
 
Home of Thomas Nast, known as Villa Fontana
 
Mayo Performing Arts Center

Main sites

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  • Morristown National Historical Park – Four historic sites around Morristown associated with the American Revolutionary War, including Jockey Hollow, a park that includes a visitor center, the Revolution-era Wick farm, encampment site of George Washington's Continental Army, and around 25 miles of hiking trails, and the Washington's Headquarters & Ford Mansion, a Revolution-era Georgian-style mansion used by George Washington as his headquarters during the Jockey Hollow encampment.
  • Speedwell Lake - Park with an old dam, other ruins, and more. Patriots Path, a footpath that runs through Northern New Jersey winds through this park.
  • Morristown Green – Park at the center of town which was the old town "common" or "green." It is the site of several Revolutionary War and Civil war monuments (including one with George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis De Lafayette discussing the arrival of French aid to the colonies), and is surrounded by historic churches, the colonial county-courthouse, and a shopping and restaurant district.
  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church – Large McKim Mead and White church with bell tower, fine stained glass and medieval furnishings.
  • Acorn Hall – 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion and home to the Morris County Historical Society. Donated to the historical society in 1971 by Mary Crane Hone, the mansion retained much of its original furnishings and accouterments as it remained in the same family for over a century. It is currently operated as a museum and is the headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society.[106]
  • Morris Museum – formally incorporated in 1943. The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles.[107]
  • Mayo Performing Arts Center – a former Walter Reade movie theater originally constructed in 1937 that has been converted into a 1,302-seat performing arts center.[108]
  • The Seeing Eye – the first school in North America for training and connecting guide dogs with blind and visually impaired students.
  • Speedwell Ironworks – a National Historic Landmark and museum at the site where the electric telegraph was first presented to the public, on January 11, 1838.[109]

Libraries

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Historic sites

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Acorn Hall, headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society

Morristown is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places:[113]

Statues

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George Washington by Frederick Roth
 
The Hiker by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson

Sports

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The New Jersey Stampede (formerly the Minutemen) are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association.[147]

The United States Equestrian Team, the international equestrian team for the United States, was founded in 1950 at the Coates estate on Van Beuren Road in Morristown.[148]

Morristown has a cricketing club, the first in North America.[149]

The Morristown 1776 Association Football Club is a soccer club that competes in the North Jersey Soccer League and MCSSA.

Government

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Local government

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Morristown is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under a Plan F Mayor-Council system of New Jersey municipal government, which went into effect on January 1, 1974.[7][150][151] The town is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[152] The Morristown Town Council is comprised of seven members, of which three members are elected at-large representing the entire town and one representative is chosen from each of the town's four wards. Members are elected on a partisan basis to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election, with the four ward seats up for vote together and the at-large and mayoral seats up for vote together two years later. As the legislative arm of the government, the council is responsible for making and setting policy for the town.

As of 2024, the Mayor of Morristown is Democrat Timothy Dougherty, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.[3] Members of the Morristown Town Council are Council President Nathan Umbriac (D; At Large, 2025), Council Vice President David Silva (D; At Large, 2025), Toshiba Foster (D; At Large, 2025), Robert Iannaccone (I, Ward I, 2027), Tina Lindsey (D, Ward II, 2027), Steven Pylypchuk (D, Ward III, 2027), and Christopher Russo (D; Ward IV, 2027).[153][154][155][156][157][158]

In 2019, Mary Dougherty, wife of Mayor Tim Dougherty was criminally charged with accepting bribe money from Attorney Matt O'Donnell. Mary had been running for a seat on the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2018 when O'Donnell offered her $10,000, presumably to help him get awarded more contracts from the county for legal work.[159][160] In a plea agreement, Mary pled guilty in February 2021 to a reduced charge of falsifying a campaign finance report in exchange for dropping the bribery charge; she would face probation and a fine of $10,000.[161]

Mayors

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  • Donald Cresitello, 2006 to 2010
  • David Manahan, 1986 to 1989
  • Emilio J. Gervasio 1982 to 1986
  • Donald Cresitello, 1977 to 1981
  • David Manahan, 1974 to 1977
  • John Bickford, 1963.
  • William Parsons Todd, 1953–1954.[162]
  • Clyde W. Potts (1876–1950), 1921 to 1934. He was born on November 1, 1876, in Libertyville, Iowa. He died on May 19, 1950.[163]
  • Theodore Ayers, 1909 to 1910[164]
  • Thomas W. Cauldwell, 1908 to 1909 (Died)[165]
  • Alexander Bennell, 1906 to 1907[166]
  • Rev. Dr. Norman Fox, 1902[167]
  • Edward Quayle, 1894, 1896, 1898 (Mayor during Spanish–American War)[168]
  • James Sullivan (1837–1899), was born about 1837. Democrat. Grocer; mayor of Morristown, N.J.. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died May 9, 1899 [169]
  • George Theodore Werts (1846–1910), 1886 to 1892.[170]
  • Henry W. Miller, 1880 to 1881
  • Theodore Ayers, 1876 to 1879
  • Alfred Mills, 1874 to 1875
  • Joseph W. Ballentine, 1872 to 1873
  • Samuel S. Halsey, 1870 to 1871
  • George Thomas Cobb (1813–1870), 1865 to 1869
  • John Edwards Taylor (1834 – November 23, 1914).[171]

Federal, state, and county representation

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Morristown is located in the 11th Congressional District[172] and is part of New Jersey's 25th state legislative district.[173][174][175]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 11th congressional district is represented by Mikie Sherrill (D, Montclair).[176] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[177] and George Helmy (Mountain Lakes, term ends 2024).[178][179]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 25th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony M. Bucco (R, Boonton Township) and in the General Assembly by Christian Barranco (R, Jefferson Township) and Aura K. Dunn (R, Mendham Borough).[180]

Morris County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large in partisan elections to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with either one or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.[181] Actual day-to-day operation of departments is supervised by County Administrator Deena Leary.[182]: 8  As of 2024, Morris County's Commissioners are:

John Krickus (R, Chatham Township, 2024),[183] Director Christine Myers (R, Harding, 2025),[184] Douglas Cabana (R, Boonton Township, 2025),[185] Thomas J. Mastrangelo (R, Montville, 2025),[186] Deputy Director Stephen H. Shaw (R, Mountain Lakes, 2024),[187] Deborah Smith (R, Denville, 2024)[188] and Tayfun Selen (R, Chatham Township, 2026)[182]: 2 [189]

The county's constitutional officers are: Clerk Ann F. Grossi (R, Parsippany–Troy Hills, 2028),[190][191] Sheriff James M. Gannon (R, Boonton Township, 2025)[192][193] and Surrogate Heather Darling (R, Roxbury, 2024).[194][195]

Politics

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As of June 2019, a total of 11,330 voters were registered in Morristown, of which 5,087 (44.9%) were Democrats, 2,208 (19.5%) Republicans, and 4,035 (35.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated.[196]

Presidential elections

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In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 67.4% of the vote (4,984 votes), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 27.5% (2,033 votes), and other candidates with 5.1% (294 votes), among the 7,470 ballots cast by the town's 11,060 voters, for a turnout of 67.5%.[197]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 67.1% of the vote (4,485 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 31.7% (2,117 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (79 votes), among the 6,727 ballots cast by the town's 10,212 registered voters (46 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 65.9%.[198][199]

In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 68.1% of the vote (4,738 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 30.0% (2,084 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (67 votes), among the 6,953 ballots cast by the town's 9,741 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.4%.[200]

In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 62.8% of the vote (4,138 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 35.9% (2,370 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (53 votes), among the 6,593 ballots cast by the town's 9,890 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 66.7.[201]

Gubernatorial elections

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In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Democrat Phil Murphy received 68.44% of the vote (2,758 votes), ahead of Republican Kim Guadagno with 29.6% (1,194 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (78 votes), among the 4,164 ballots cast by the town's 10,901 voters, for a turnout of 38.2%.[202]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 52.7% of the vote (1,871 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 45.2% (1,602 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (75 votes), among the 3,780 ballots cast by the town's 10,124 registered voters (232 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.3%.[203][204]

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 52.1% of the vote (2,263 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 37.4% (1,623 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.1% (350 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (16 votes), among the 4,340 ballots cast by the town's 9,393 registered voters, yielding a 46.2% turnout.[205]

Education

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Morristown–Beard School

The Morris School District is a regional public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the communities of Morristown and Morris Township, and high school students (grades 9–12) from Morris Plains who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris Plains Schools.[206][207][208] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 5,216 students and 441.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[209] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[210]) are Lafayette Learning Center[211] (102 students; in grade Pre-K), Alexander Hamilton School[212] (293; 3–5), Hillcrest School[213] (288; K–2), Thomas Jefferson School[214] (314; 3–5), Normandy Park School[215] (302; K–5), Sussex Avenue School[216] (301; 3–5), Alfred Vail School[217] (297; K–2), Woodland School[218] (289; K–2), Frelinghuysen Middle School[219] (1,081; 6–8) and Morristown High School[220] (1,860; 9–12).[221][222] The nine elected seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with four seats assigned to Morristown.[223]

In addition to a public school system, Morristown has several private schools. Primary and elementary schools include The Red Oaks School, an independent private school founded in 1965 and serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, that offers both Montessori and International Baccalaureate programs. Assumption Roman Catholic is a grade school (K–8) that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson[224] and was one of 11 schools in the state recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.[225][226] The Peck School, a private day school which serves approximately 300 students in kindergarten through grade eight, dates back to 1893 when it was originally established as Miss Sutphen's School.[227] Delbarton School is an all-boys Roman Catholic school with approximately 540 students in grades seven through twelve, that began serving resident students in 1939 after having previously served as a seminary.[228] The Morristown-Beard School, a private co-ed school formed from the merger of two previously existing institutions, Morristown Preparatory School and Miss Beard's School, serves grades 6 through 12.[229] In addition, Villa Walsh Academy, a private Catholic college preparatory school conducted by the Religious Teachers Filippini, is located in Morristown.[230]

The Academy of Saint Elizabeth was founded at Morristown in 1860 by the Sisters of Charity, however when municipal boundaries were redrawn in 1895,[24] the academy found itself in the Convent Station section of the adjacent Morris Township.

The Rabbinical College of America, one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic yeshivas in the world is located in Morristown.[231] The Rabbinical College of America has a Baal Teshuva yeshiva for students of diverse Jewish backgrounds, named Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim.[232] The New Jersey Regional Headquarters for the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement is located on the campus.

Transportation

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Interstate 287 northbound in Morristown
 
Morristown station

Roads and highways

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As of May 2010, the town had a total of 39.98 miles (64.34 km) of roadways, of which 29.73 miles (47.85 km) were maintained by the municipality, 5.03 miles (8.10 km) by Morris County and 5.22 miles (8.40 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[233]

Interstate 287 is the main highway providing access to Morristown. Two interchanges, Exit 35 and Exit 36, are located within the town.[234] Other significant roads serving Morristown include U.S. Route 202, New Jersey Route 124 and County Route 510.

Public transportation

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Morristown has attempted to implement transit-oriented development. Morristown was designated in 1999 as of one of New Jersey's first five "transit villages".[235] In 1999, Morristown changed its zoning code to designate the area around the train station as a "Transit Village Core" for mixed-use. The designation was at least partly responsible for development plans for several mixed-use condominium developments.[236]

NJ Transit offers rail service at the Morristown station[237] which offers service on the Morristown Line to Newark Broad Street, Secaucus Junction, New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal.[238] The town benefited from shortened commuting times to New York City due to the "Midtown Direct" service New Jersey Transit instituted in the 1990s.

NJ Transit local bus service is offered from the Morristown rail station, Morristown Medical Center and Headquarters Plaza on the 871, 872, 873, 874, 875 and 880 bus routes,[239][240] replacing service that had been offered on the MCM1, MCM2, MCM3, MCM4, MCM8 and MCM10 routes until 2010, when subsidies to the local provider were eliminated as part of budget cuts.[241][242]

Community Coach provides daily service between New York City and Morristown on bus route 77.[243]

The town's Department of Public Works operates "Colonial Coach", which provides free transportation within Morristown.[244]

The Whippany Line of the Morristown and Erie Railway, a small freight line, traverses the township. Established in 1895, the line runs from Morristown and runs through East Hanover Township and Hanover Township to Roseland.[245]

Aviation

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Morristown Municipal Airport is the closest public airport. While owned by the town, the airport is physically located in nearby Hanover Township, 3 miles east of Morristown proper.[246]

Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark / Elizabeth is the closest airport with scheduled passenger service. It is approximately 20 minutes away via Route 24 and Interstate 78.

Media

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Due to its proximity to New York City and Newark, daily newspapers serving the community are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Star-Ledger.

The Morristown Daily Record was published locally, before being renamed the Daily Record and moving to a near-by location. The New Jersey Monthly magazine is published locally.[247]

WMTR is an AM radio station at 1250 kHz is licensed to Morristown. The station features an oldies format.[248]

WJSV radio (90.5 FM) is the nonprofit radio station of Morristown High School, which also has a television show, Colonial Corner.[249]

Hometown Tales, a public-access television show and podcast chronicling stories and urban legends from around the world, is loosely based in Morristown.

Notable people

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William O. Baker
 
Steve Forbes
 
Morris Frank and Buddy
 
Julia Hurlbut
 
Otto Hermann Kahn
 
Fran Lebowitz
 
Thomas Nast
 
Craig Newmark
 
Gene Shalit
See also: Category:People from Morristown, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Morristown include:

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  276. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. "Edith Kunhardt Davis, Author of ‘Pat the Bunny’ Sequels, Dies at 82", The New York Times, January 19, 2020. Accessed August 22, 2022. "Edith Turner Kunhardt was born on Sept. 30, 1937, in Morristown, N.J.... Their house in Morristown was filled with Lincoln and Civil War memorabilia."
  277. ^ Assembly, No. 3789 - 215th Legislature, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Whereas, The Honorable Alex DeCroce, born June 10, 1936 in Morristown, New Jersey, was a life-long New Jersey resident who grew up in Morris County and attended Boonton High School and Seton Hall University"
  278. ^ Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore, Buffalo Architecture and History. Accessed November 23, 2008. "Caroline Carmichael was the daughter of Charles Carmichael and Temperance Blachley Carmichael. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey, 10/21/1813."
  279. ^ Havsy, Jane. "Morris swimmers dreaming of Olympic glory", Daily Record, June 26, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2016. "Nic Fink has been dreaming about swimming in the Olympics since he was a kid growing up in Morristown, watching races on television.... 'It'll be a good race with some good competition,' said Fink, who attended Pingry School and the University of Georgia."
  280. ^ Havsy, Jane (July 21, 2021). "Swimmer Nic Fink, a Pingry graduate from Morristown, ready for 'new journey' at Olympics". Daily Record. Retrieved July 21, 2021. "Now that Fink is in Tokyo, he's trying to carry that feeling along. A Pingry School graduate who grew up in Morristown, Fink's quest for an Olympic medal in the 200-meter breaststroke continues Tuesday."
  281. ^ Chris Fletcher Stats, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed November 6, 2017.
  282. ^ "Steve Forbes", Forbes, June 6, 2002. Accessed March 12, 2013. "Steve Forbes was born on July 18, 1947, in Morristown, N.J."
  283. ^ Honorees 2009 National Women's History Month Archived March 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, National Women's History Project. Accessed November 11, 2014/
  284. ^ Kimmett, Evelyn. "Fosterfields Living Historical Farm", Skylands Visitor. Accessed November 11, 2014. "To enter Fosterfields, a working farm since 1760 and New Jersey's first living, historical farm, is to magically step back into the 19th and early 20th centuries. Walking amidst the tall Norway Spruces, it is easy to imagine life in the days of Caroline Foster, who lived there for 98 years, until her death at the age of 102 in 1979.... Fosterfields Living Historical Farm is located at 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown, NJ, just off County Route 510 (formerly Route 24), 1-1/4 miles west of the Morristown Green."
  285. ^ Covel, Michael. "Ep. 227: Justin Fox Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio", Trend Following. Accessed February 5, 2023. "My guest today is Justin Fox, an American financial journalist, commentator, and writer born in Morristown, New Jersey."
  286. ^ Staff. "Danielle Austen", Daily Record, June 27, 2003. Accessed January 3, 2011. "Adam Gardner of the band Guster right grew up in Morristown."
  287. ^ Staff. "S.H. Gillespie, 79, Importer, Is Dead; Retired Partner in Concern Here Aided U.S. in War as Transport Expert", The New York Times, December 2, 1957. Accessed January 3, 2011. "Morristown, N.J., Dec. 1 --Samuel Hazard Gillespie, a retired exporter and importer, died here today at his home, 25 Ogden Place."
  288. ^ Robbins, Liz. "Tennis: Notebook; Gimelstob Says Fine For Spitting Is Low", The New York Times, August 31, 2001. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Gimelstob was so disturbed that he threatened to find Tabara in the locker room afterward. Yesterday, Gimelstob, from Morristown, N.J., was even more angry."
  289. ^ Brooks, Gertrude Zeth. "The First Ladies Of The Nation", Reading Eagle, September 9, 1960. Accessed September 4, 2011. "As the wife of a president of the United States and grandmother of a later one, Anna Symmes Harrison was the first First Lady from the state of New Jersey. She was born in Morristown, N.J., during the first year of the Revolutionary War and died during the Civil War."
  290. ^ Tobin Heath, United States Olympic Team. Accessed October 19, 2016. "Birthplace: Morristown, N.J."
  291. ^ 2023 Senior National Team Roster, US Rowing. Accessed November 9, 2023. "Alexander Hedge Morristown, N.J. Morristown High School"
  292. ^ Markus Howard, Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball. Accessed December 30, 2018. "Born March 3, 1999 in Morristown, New Jersey"
  293. ^ Kelly, Kevin. "Linda Hunt; At Last, She Wins Fight For Recognition" Archived November 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Boston Globe, January 15, 1984. Accessed January 3, 2011.
  294. ^ Woman Suffrage and World War I, New Jersey Women's History. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Julia Hurlbut of Morristown went to France in 1918 under the auspices of the YMCA where she managed an officers' club at Chatillon-sur-Seine and neighboring hut canteens for the troops."
  295. ^ "I. Stanford Jolley, Actor, Dies; Former Morristown Resident", Daily Record, December 8, 1978. Accessed March 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he had lived In Morristown, N.J., before coming to Hollywood in 1935."
  296. ^ Rae, John W. & John W. Rae Jr. (1980). Morristown's Forgotten Past "The Gilded Age." Morristown, NJ, John W. Rae.
  297. ^ National Aeronautics, Volume 16, p. 10. Accessed March 16, 2015. "Roger Kahn has no co-pilot and flies his Lockheed Electra all over the country, usually alone. ... He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, October 19, 1907, and although his early years were spent in studying music, he was scarcely out of his teens before he learned to fly and was engaging in competitive and exhibition flying."
  298. ^ Staff. "New Jersey native Nolan Kasper earns third trip to Olympics", Daily Record, January 21, 2018. Accessed February 8, 2018. "Born in Morristown, Kasper began skiing at Hidden Valley in Vernon when he was 3 years old and raced for the first time at 6."
  299. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1973, p. 415. Accessed June 13, 2022. "A resident of Morristown for 21 years, Mrs. Klein is a graduate of Barnard College in New York, and received her M.S. from the Columbia University School of Social Work."
  300. ^ Staff. A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930-1980 Archived November 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, p. 243. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Knapp, Anthony William 68-69, 75-76 M, Lie Groups Born 1941 Morristown, NJ."
  301. ^ Ted Koffman's Biography, Vote Smart. Accessed July 24, 2018. "Birth Place: Morristown, NJ."
  302. ^ Staff. "Old Kountze Estate Sold; Physician Buys 400 Acres at Moristown, N.J.", The New York Times, March 2, 1924. Accessed January 3, 2011. "Dr. Nathan Blaustein of New York City has purchased the large estate formerly owned by the late Luther Kountze, known as 'Delbarton,' at Morristown, N.J."
  303. ^ Samuel Krimm, University of Michigan Faculty Memoir Project. Accessed August 30, 2024. "Professor Krimm was born in Morristown, New Jersey on October 19, 1925 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York."
  304. ^ Costello, Ann. "A Family's Obsession With Photos Of Historic Americans of the 1800's", The New York Times, October 15, 1995. Accessed August 22, 2022. "During the library program, the Kunhardts are sure to mention that Philip Jr.'s mother, Dorothy Kunhardt, was author of Pat the Bunny, one of the largest selling children's books of all time.... Mrs. Kunhardt, who lived in Manhattan and Morristown, N.J., was also an avid Lincoln and Barnum scholar, collector, author and archivist of the mass of photographs, glass negatives and memorabilia that her father, Frederick Hill Meserve, started accumulating in 1897."
  305. ^ via Associated press. "Barklage, Lade re-sign for NY", Fox Sports, November 27, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2012. "A former St. John's University product, Lade started 22 of 26 matches and had three assists. The Morristown native also started the team's two playoff games this year."
  306. ^ "Seeking the Hide of Antoine Le Blanc, The Morristown Murderer", Weird NJ. Accessed October 19, 2016.
  307. ^ Morris, Bob. "At Lunch with: Fran Lebowitz; Words Are Easy, Books Are Not", The New York Times, August 10, 1994. Accessed July 19, 2012. "Ms. Lebowitz grew up in Morristown, N.J., where her parents owned a furniture store."
  308. ^ Guide to the David Hunter McAlpin Papers, New York Public Library. Accessed May 19, 2016. "McAlpin also owned a massive estate in Morristown, New Jersey (15,000 acres)."
  309. ^ Garcia, Alfa. "Amped-up band in a way remains unplugged", Herald News, March 11, 2010. Accessed January 10, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Wilson is now the second-oldest member of the band, after lineup changes threatened to stunt DEP's momentum in its early years, like the paralysis of the original bassist and the departure of original lead singer and Morristown native Dimitri Minakakis."
  310. ^ Dave Moore profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Morristown, NJ...Attended Roxbury High School in Succasunna, New Jersey, lettering in football, basketball, baseball and track… High school All-America as a senior."
  311. ^ Youngmisuk, Ohm. "Doherty's Putting the 'Fight' Back in Fighting Irish" [permanent dead link‍], New York Daily News, March 30, 2000. Accessed June 1, 2008. "'You can consider him a player's coach,' said Troy Murphy, a Morristown native and Big East Player of the Year."
  312. ^ Thomas Nast: America's Image Maker Archived July 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Macculloch Hall Museum. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Thomas Nast moved his family to Morristown, NJ in 1870, believing it to be a safe distance from his political enemy, William "Boss" Tweed of New York. Although his work for Harper's took him weekly to New York for overnight stays, Nast was a full-fledged resident of Morristown."
  313. ^ Ante, Stephen E. "The Net's Free Force: Craig Newmark's craigslist is an online grapevine that generates 1.5 billion page views a month", Business Week, August 15, 2005. "A 52-year-old native of Morristown, N.J., Newmark began craigslist while working as a freelance software developer in San Francisco."
  314. ^ Nakamura, David. "O'Donnell Bracing for Media Blitz; Quarterback Jumps From Pittsburgh's Frying Pan to New York's Firing Line", The Washington Post, August 13, 1996. Accessed February 26, 2008. "Since joining the Jets -- and returning to play near his home in Morristown, N.J. -- O'Donnell has tried to quash talk that he is more interested in getting paid..."
  315. ^ via Associated Press. "Notre Dame star runner John Panelli dead at 85", WNDU-TV, March 4, 2012. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Panelli was born in Morristown, N.J., and played fullback and linebacker for Notre Dame's 1946 and 1947 national championshipteams, averaging 7.5 yards a carry his senior year."
  316. ^ Pace, Eric. "Sister Parish, Grande Dame of American Interior Decorating, Is Dead at 84", The New York Times, September 10, 1994. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Mrs. Parish's own girlhood was, if not regal, at least baronial. She was born Dorothy May Kinnicutt in July 15, 1910, in Morristown, N.J., the daughter of G. Hermann Kinnicutt and the former May Appleton Tuckerman, who had homes in Manhattan, Maine and Paris, as well as New Jersey."
  317. ^ Doug Payne, Team USA. Accessed July 21, 2021. "Birthplace: Morristown, N.J.... High School: Voorhees High School (Glen Gardener, N.J.) '00"
  318. ^ Mahlon Pitney, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed May 9, 2012.
  319. ^ Herbert, Susan. "Muralist Johanna Poethig," San Francisco Independent, January 19, 1989, p. 13.
  320. ^ Hall, Trish. "Sharing a Life Of Chefs' Hours And Pancakes", The New York Times, May 8, 1991. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Cooking appeals to her, she said, because it is instantly rewarding: 'It's like being able to take photographs and have them developed immediately.' But as a child in Morristown, N.J., she said, it never occurred to her to go into cooking."
  321. ^ via Associated Press. "RHP Porcello is Detroit Tigers rookie of the year", USA Today, November 5, 2009. Accessed January 3, 2011. "Porcello led all American League rookies with 14 wins in 2009. The Morristown, N.J., native notched a 3.96 ERA and 89 strikeouts in his first season."
  322. ^ "Andrew Prendeville to Drive One of Andersen Racing's Indy Pro Series Cars in 2007 ", Motorsport.com, January 25, 2007, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 7, 2011. "Andersen Racing's Dan and John Andersen announced today that Andrew Prendeville of Morristown, N.J. will be one of their two full-season drivers in the 2007 Indy Pro Series."
  323. ^ Crespolini, Russ. "Person of the Year 2013: Sarah Price; We asked and you voted for the Morristown author whose battle with breast cancer inspired people worldwide.", Morristown Patch, January 9, 2014. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  324. ^ Dan Quinn, Atlanta Falcons. Accessed November 5, 2018. "Quinn was born in Morristown, New Jersey."
  325. ^ Wise, Brian. "Eclectic Sounds of New Jersey, Echoing From Coast to Coast", The New York Times, February 8, 2004. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Meanwhile, Robert Randolph of Morristown has been nominated for best rock gospel album for Unclassified, a visceral mix of gospel, blues and steel guitar sounds."
  326. ^ 2009 Football Coaching Staff: Rocky Rees, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Raiders football team. Accessed August 19, 2012. "Rees played football at Bayley Ellard Regional High School in Madison, New Jersey where he twice named All-County and was selected as a team captain his senior season. Following graduation in 1967, the Morristown, New Jersey native attended West Chester University where he earned All-PSAC Eastern Division honors as a running back in 1968 and 1970."
  327. ^ Garrett E. Reisman, NASA. Accessed October 7, 2008.
  328. ^ Stewart James B. "The Real Heroes Are Dead; A love story.", The New Yorker, February 11, 2002. accessed October 19, 2018. "In October, they decided to live together. In a development in Morristown, they found a town house with large glass doors and windows opening out onto a tranquil pond.."
  329. ^ Hirsch, Reyne. "Jewish Rapper Moshe Reuven Changing the Hip Hop Norm", Medium, November 13, 2022. Accessed April 21, 2023. "Fast forward to 2022 when another Hip Hop newcomer caused a stirr. Moshe Reuven, a Hassidic Jew from Morristown NJ took to the mic and began his rap journey."
  330. ^ Calzolari, Anne Marie. "Spank your children and you'll end up in jail", Staten Island Advance, March 8, 2008. Accessed February 20, 2017. "Jordan Riak, the executive director of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, said the answer is simple: Any time you hit a child it constitutes some degree of abuse. Riak, a Morristown, N.J., native, now lives in California, where he helped draft and pass a 1985 bill that prohibits corporal punishment in school."
  331. ^ Staff. "Dr. William P. Richardson, Law School Dean, Is Dead", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 30, 1945. Accessed April 2, 2019. "Morristown, N. J., Aug. 30 - Dr. William Payson Richardson, 80, dean of Brooklyn Law School, died at his home on Kahdena Drive here last night after an illness of several weeks."
  332. ^ "FOX News CEO now calls Bernardsville home", The Bernardsville News, December 9, 2021. Accessed November 17, 2022. "Scott has local roots, having grown up in Morris Plains and lived in Morristown for many years before coming to Bernardsville with her husband, Preston, and daughter, Margaux."
  333. ^ Fox, Margalit. "Tony Scott, Jazz Clarinetist Who Mastered Bebop, Dies at 85", The New York Times, March 31, 2007. Accessed July 23, 2012. "Anthony Joseph Sciacca — his family name is pronounced 'Shaka' — was born on June 17, 1921, in Morristown, N.J., to parents who had come from Sicily."
  334. ^ Gene Shalit, The Today Show, December 10, 2004. Accessed January 27, 2008. "In six years he fled to Morristown, New Jersey, where he was columnist for the high school paper and narrowly escaped expulsion."
  335. ^ Weber, Bruce. "Alexander Slobodyanik, Pianist, Is Dead at 65 ", The New York Times, August 12, 2008. Accessed August 4, 2013. "Alexander Slobodyanik, a Ukrainian-born pianist who earned stardom in the former Soviet Union with his virtuosity and emotional interpretations of Romantic composers and who has been a concert pianist and in-demand teacher since moving to the United States in 1989, died on Sunday in New Jersey. He was 65 and lived in Morristown, N.J."
  336. ^ Varnell, Hannah; and Loevy, Robert D. "A History Of Gender At Colorado College", Colorado College. Accessed February 15, 2018. "It appears that the first woman with a Ph.D. to teach at Colorado College was Leila Clement Spaulding, who taught Classics from 1911 to 1914.... Leila Spaulding was born in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1878."
  337. ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer. Best Sex Writing 2008, p. 189. ReadHowYouWant.com, 2010. ISBN 9781458753403. Accessed August 13, 2013. "Before Lexington Steele was Lexington Steele, a king of West Coast porn production, he was a suburban East Coast kid, from Morristown, New Jersey, a middle-class, churchgoing kid who didn't have girlfriends but excelled at sports (and lettered in three) before graduating from high school and first matriculating at Morehouse College only to eventually transfer to Syracuse."
  338. ^ "Bellcore scientists cited for their work", Daily Record, September 2, 1992. Accessed December 13, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "W. Scott Stornetta of Morristown and Stuart Haber of New York received the 1992 Discover Awards for Technological Innovation, taking the top prize in the computer software category for their Digital Time-Stamp."
  339. ^ Hamilton, Alexander; and Syrett, Harold Coffin. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton: Volume 6, p. 441. Columbia University Press, 1962. ISBN 0231089058. Accessed December 19, 2012. "1.... He was an associate of John Cleves Symmes in the Miami Purchase. 2. Symmes, a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, organized the New Jersey group that obtained the Miami Purchase in October, 1788."
  340. ^ Havsy, Jane. "Morristown native to work Notre Dame sideline for NBC", Daily Record, September 4, 2015. Accessed January 4, 2018. "Tappen grew up participating in many Morristown rec leagues and watching the NFL on Sundays with her family. A distance runner and basketball player at Villa Walsh, Tappen set the Rutgers record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase."
  341. ^ Jahmar Thorpe Archived February 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Houston Cougars men's basketball. Accessed February 16, 2018. "Attended Morristown High School.... Born September 2, 1984, in Morristown, N.J."
  342. ^ Jyles Tucker Archived October 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, San Diego Chargers. Accessed November 21, 2007.
  343. ^ Harvard College Class of 1911 Decennial Report, p. 421. Accessed August 14, 2018. "Bayard Tuckerman Jr. - Born at Morristown, N. J. Apr. 19, 1889"
  344. ^ M. J. Tyson | Smithsonian American Art Museum. Accessed January 10, 2023. "born Morristown, NJ 1986"
  345. ^ Alfred Vail, World of Invention. Accessed June 1, 2008. "Alfred Vail was born on September 25, 1807, in Morristown, New Jersey, where his father, Stephen, operated the Speedwell Iron Works."
  346. ^ "Dr. F. T. van Beuren of Morristown, 67: Head for 10 Years of Memoria! Hospital Where He Died, Physician Since 1902. Ex-official at Columbia, He Served as Associate Dean of College of Physicians and Surgeons There, 1921-34", The New York Times, March 14, 1943. Accessed July 12, 2022. Morristown, N. J., March 13--Dr. Frederick T. Van Beuren Jr., president of the Morristown Memorial Hospital here since 1933, died today at the hospitalat the age of 1967. His home was on Van Beuren Road."
  347. ^ New Jersey Music, FamousNewJerseyans.com. Accessed July 17, 2011.
  348. ^ Scannell, John James. Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide: Biographies of the Notable Living Men and Women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the State's History, Affairs, Officialism and Institutions 1919-1920 (Volume II), p. 634. J. J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed December 1, 2013. "Daniel S Voorhees - Morristown (32 Maple Avenue) - Lawyer. Born at Somerville, on August 15, 1852."
  349. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1912, p. 370. Accessed December 21, 2022. "John Beam Vreeland, Morristown... He was educated in the common schools, and after attending the Newark High School one year his family, in 1868, moved to Morristown, where he has since resided."
  350. ^ Silas A. Wade. Michigan Legislative Biography. Accessed August 10, 2020. "Birth Date: 9/4/1797; City: Morristown, NJ"
  351. ^ Wiener, Robert. "Jersey-bred filmmaker delves into world of chasidim Joshua Weinstein says viewers see ‘Menashe’ as ‘loving portrait’", New Jersey Jewish News, August 2, 2017. Accessed September 12, 2019. "While he was growing up in a Conservative Jewish family in Morristown, and attending what was then Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange (now the Golda Och Academy), few would have suspected that Joshua Weinstein would become heavily entrenched in the chasidic communities of Brooklyn."
  352. ^ New Jersey Governor George Theodore Werts Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, National Governors Association. Accessed August 1, 2007.
  353. ^ Nancy Zeltsman, University of Florida. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Nancy Zeltsman was born in 1958 in Morristown, New Jersey. She studied piano starting at age five and then took up percussion when she was thirteen. She studied intensely with Ian Finkel during high school, focusing on mallet sight-reading."
  354. ^ Biography Archived July 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Nancy Zeltsman. Accessed November 23, 2008.
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