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3 unusual facts about Morris County


Daingerfield High School

It is part of the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District located in central Morris County.

Great Swamp Watershed Association

Their programs serve all who live, work, or play in the Great Swamp watershed in Morris County, New Jersey.

Morris County, Kansas

Thousands of families migrated from the post-Reconstruction South to seek more opportunities and better living conditions in the Midwest.


27th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment

It was recruited from various towns within Morris County, New Jersey and Sussex County, New Jersey, and was mustered into Federal service in September 3, 1862, in Newark, except Company G (Village of Boonton, then part of Pequannock Township) and Company I (Village of Morristown, Morris Township).

Andrew B. Dickinson

Andrew Bray Dickinson (August 29, 1801 Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey – April 21, 1873 León, Nicaragua) was an American politician from New York.

Gibbons Mansion

Gibbons Mansion, currently known as Mead Hall, is a historical mansion on Drew University campus in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Mennen Arena

Mennen also is the home of the County College of Morris hockey team as well as all of the public high school hockey teams in Morris County, New Jersey.

Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church

Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church is a historic Christian house of worship affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and located at the intersection of Sussex Turnpike and Church Road in the Mount Freedom section of Randolph Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Mount Tabor, New Jersey

Mount Tabor was founded as a Methodist camp meeting in what is now Parsippany-Troy Hills, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Oak Cottage

Oak Cottage is a historic home built around 1820 and located at the peak of Schooley's Mountain in the Long Valley section of Washington Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Rockaway River

It rises at the eastern edge of Sussex County and within a few hundred yards enters Morris County, in the Highlands, along the northwestern slope of Green Pond Mountain south of Oak Ridge.

Thomas Nast Home

The Thomas Nast Home, also known as Villa Fontana, was the home of Thomas Nast in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Tribute in Light

The beams were clearly visible from the terrace at Century Country Club in Purchase, New York, from at least as far west as western Morris County, in Flanders, New Jersey, at least as far as the barrier beach of Fire Island in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, and as far south near Trenton, New Jersey in nearby Hamilton.

United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039

United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039, is located in the Whippany section of Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.


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Bradley M. Campbell

Bucco sought to register his concern about how the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act would limit development in the New Jersey Highlands, and dropped his block after Campbell met with Bucco, Senator Guy R. Gregg and the mayors of several municipalities in Morris County, with Bucco saying "All I wanted was my day in court".

Florham Park, New Jersey

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854–1952), granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, renowned as the richest man in America, and her husband, financier, Hamilton McKown Twombly, came to the Morris County countryside in 1887, joining over 100 other millionaires who owned sprawling country retreats.

Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.

Following hospitalization at the Naval Hospital in Pensacola, 1stLt Commiskey served at the Naval Air Rocket Test Station, Lake Denmark, Morris County, New Jersey.

High Bridge Branch

1990s: Columbia Gas Transmission of West Virginia construct a gas line under the former rail bed, and the surface rights for the former High Bridge Branch line are transferred to the Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation and Morris County Parks and Recreation for use as a recreational trail, known as Columbia Trail.

James J. Barry, Jr.

Following graduation from college, James established the ROBO Car Wash (Morris County Car Wash) in Morristown, New Jersey and Caswell-Massey of Morristown.

Mount Morris, Wisconsin

The main roadways through Mount Morris include State Hwy 152, which travels from Wautoma to the Town of Mt. Morris, County W towards Saxeville and Pine River, County G towards Wild Rose, and County S towards Red Granite.

Steve Lonegan

Lonegan ran for the Republican nomination for governor in the state's 2005 elections and finished fourth with 8.08% of the vote after the nominee, businessman Doug Forrester, former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler and Morris County Freeholder John Murphy.

Towaco

Towaco, New Jersey, an unincorporated village within Montville Township, Morris County

Whippany

Whippany River, a tributary of the Rockaway River in Morris County