Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 470,212, and grew to 487,548 as of the Census Bureau's 2008 estimate. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown.
Morris County was the sixth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income, and ranked tenth by per capita income. It ...
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Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 470,212, and grew to 487,548 as of the Census Bureau's 2008 estimate. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown.
Morris County was the sixth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income, and ranked tenth by per capita income. It is the ninth-wealthiest county in the United States by personal per-capita income, the highest rank in New Jersey. The county ranked third in the New York Metropolitan area in terms of median income.
The area of Morris County was inhabited by the Lenape prior to the coming of the Europeans. Although trading with the Lenape had occurred consistently while the area was part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, European settlements only began in the early 1700s while it was the English Province of New Jersey.
Morris County was created on March...
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