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About Morristown, Vermont 
Lamoille County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Morristown's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
Chartered to Moses Morse and 64 associates, including five members of the Morse family. Some say the name derives from the first grantees, "Morristown" being a bit easier on the lips than "Morsestown". Another somewhat more likely possibility centers on the fact that many of the grantees were from New York, and the town was named for the Morris family, of which several members were famous for the roles in colonial government and the establishment of the Republic. Lewis Morris was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Brigadier General during the Revolution. His brother Richard was a noted jurist, succeeding John Jay as Chief Justice of New York Superior Court. Half-brother Governeur Morris was also a member of the Continental Congress and is generally credited with having designed our decimal coinage system. Although none of these Morrises ever owned land in Vermont, they were well known in the state: both Richard and Lewis worked to gain Vermont admission to the Union, and Lewis' son Richard represented Vermont in Congress.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
Goings-on in and near Morristown Covered Bridge
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ |
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This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
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Utilities Notes about utilities:
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