THE MORRIS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Shale Hills setting.
Morris city has 3.56 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Shale Hills, within Southwestern Appalachians.
Open low mountains and plateau edges form a landscape of wooded uplands and deeper ravines. Escarpments mark the transition toward both the Ridge and Valley and the Interior Plateau.
Regional context: Southwestern Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Morris and Jefferson County
Morris is associated with Jefferson County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Morris by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Morris, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morris city has 48.6% of the land area of nearby Kimberly city (7.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

