Morris (Illinois)
Grundy County
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Morris is a small town and the administrative seat of Grundy County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Morris had 11,928 inhabitants.
Morris is part of the Chicago metropolitan region, ie, the conurbation around the city of Chicago.
When Morris is the Dresden nuclear power plant, which supplies the majority of northeastern Illinois with electricity.
Geography
Morris is located at 41 ° 22'31 " north latitude and 88 ° 25'41 " west longitude. The city covers 18.4 square kilometers, spread over 17.6 km ² land and 0.8 km ² water surface.
Morris is located at the headwaters of the Illinois River and 95.4 km south-west of Chicago.
By Morris leads in a north-south direction, the Illinois State Route 47 North of town is this crossed offset from U.S. Highway 6. On the northern outskirts of Interstate 80, the leads coming from the East Coast via Chicago to the Quad Cities and in due course about Iowa's capital Des Moines and Omaha in Nebraska to California runs.
199 km west of Morris are the Quad Cities, Wisconsin's capital, Madison is located 258 km north- north-westerly direction, Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee is located 222 km north- north-easterly direction and Indiana's capital Indianapolis 301 km to the southeast. About Illinois 's 231 km distant capital of Springfield, there are 390 km in a southeasterly direction to St. Louis in Missouri.
By Morris also carries a railway line of the BNSF Railway.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 11,928 was determined. These distributed to 4831 households in 3067 families. The population density was 677.2 / km ². There were 5087 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 288.8 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 95.3 % White, 0.3 % African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 0.5 % Asian and 2.4% other. 1.1 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 6.9% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
25.0 % were under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 29.6% 25-44, 20.4% from 45 to 64 and 16.3 % 65 and older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females were statistically 95.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 93.0.
The average income per household was $ 44,739, the average family income is $ 54,987. The average income of men was $ 44,071, and for women about $ 25,206. The per capita income amounted to $ 22,256. Around 5.0 % of families and 6.6 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.
Super Outbreak
Morris was the first city to be named by the Super Outbreak series of tornadoes on 3/4 April 1974 was concerned. The destruction in Morris, however, were relatively low compared to other places.
Memorable people
- Ed Brady ( born 1960 ), former NFL player, was born in Morris
- Jessie Bartlett Davis, ( ca 1859/1861-1905 ), opera singer, born in Morris
- Kelly Dran Feldt ( born 1975 ), former Major League professional baseball in the Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox, went to school in Morris
- Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916), Member of the House of Representatives, lived for several years in Morris
- Albert Kingsbury (1863-1943), engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, born in Morris
- Eric J. Magnuson ( b. 1951 ), lawyer, chairman since 2008, judges of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, was born in Morris
- Walter Pierce (1861-1954), politician of the Democrats 17, Governor of Oregon
- Elmer Sleight (1907-1978), former American football player, born in Morris
- Scott Spiezio (born 1972 ), former Major League Baseball pro, went to school in Morris
- Ronald Steel ( born 1931 ), writer, historian and university professor, was born in Morris
- Jerry Weller ( born 1957 ), former member of the House of Representatives, lives in Morris