Morristown is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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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. The Morristown Store, formerly the Morristown Hotel, is listed on the

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Much of Morristown is within the

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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

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, where neither city has yet expressed a planned interest in expanding. The community is named after

Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. Morristown is also known for being the birthplace and deathplace of famed Internet celebrity cat,

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. Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department has its headquarters Unit Operations Center in Morristown.

Demographics

As of the

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/ref> of 2010, there were 227 people living in the CDP. The

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was 508.1 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96%

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, 3% from other races, and 1% from two or more races. 5% of the population were

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or Latino of any race.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Maricopa County, Arizona Census-designated places in Arizona

Demographics

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