Morris, Illinois

Morris, Illinois
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Morris
Morris
Coordinates: 41°22′48″N 88°25′28″W / 41.38000°N 88.42444°W / 41.38000; -88.42444
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyGrundy
TownshipsMorris, Erienna, Saratoga, Wauponsee
Founded1842
Area
 • Total
11.64 sq mi (30.15 km2)
 • Land11.28 sq mi (29.22 km2)
 • Water0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Elevation
528 ft (161 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
14,163
 • Density1,255.2/sq mi (484.65/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
60450
Area codes815/779
FIPS code17-50491
GNIS feature ID2395407
Websitemorrisil.org

Morris is a city in and the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, United States and part of the southwest Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 14,163 as of the 2020 census.

A team of ten anthropologists and sociologists from the nearby University of Chicago studied the city in depth and reported its findings in W. Lloyd Warner, editor, Democracy in Jonesville: A Study of Quality and Inequality (1949).