unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...
Arizona
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, United States. It is northwest of Phoenix, at the junction of State Route 74 and U.S. Route 60. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 186, down from 227 in 2010.
Morristown is home to the
Morristown Elementary School District
Morristown School District 75 is a school district in Maricopa County, Arizona
Maricopa County is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,420,568, making it the state's most popul ...
.
The Morristown Store, formerly the Morristown Hotel, is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Much of Morristown is within the
municipal
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planning area of Surprise, and Surprise intends to eventually annex the area. The portion of Morristown south of US 60, however, exists in a small area between the planning areas of Surprise, Buckeye and
Wickenburg
Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474, up from 6,363 in 2010.
History
The Wickenburg area, along with much of the Southwest, became part ...
, where neither city has yet expressed a planned interest in expanding. The community is named after
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Grumpy Cat.
Demographics
As of the
census
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United States Census /ref> of 2010, there were 227 people living in the CDP. The
population density
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was 508.1 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96%
White
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, 3% from other races, and 1% from two or more races. 5% of the population were
Hispanic
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Castle Hot Springs (Arizona)
Castle Hot Springs is a recently restored historic resort in Arizona that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located within the Hieroglyphic Mountains.
History
The Apache Wars discouraged development of the area until t ...
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Hieroglyphic Mountains
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