THE MORRIS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
Morris town has 39.1 square miles of land in Otsego County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Morris and Otsego County
Morris is associated with Otsego 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 0.13 square miles of water within Morris, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Otsego County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morris town has 52.4 times the land area of nearby Morris village (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

