THE MORRISVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Basins setting.
Morrisville town has 9.17 square miles of land in Durham County, Wake County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Basins, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Morrisville intersects 2 county geographies: Durham County, Wake County. A Morrisville mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Morrisville by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Morrisville, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 9 percentage points lower than the 9.7% recorded for North Carolina. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morrisville town has 15% of the land area of nearby Cary town (61.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

