MORRIS, a thriving post-village, capital of Grundy co., Illinois, in on the Illinois and Michigan canal, 62 miles S. W. from Chicago. It is the principal shipping point for the grain of Grundy county. The Chicago and Rock Island railroad passes through the village. About 400,000 dollars' worth of produce was received here in 1852. Laid out in 1841. Population in 1853, estimated at 800. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
MORRIS A thriving post village, capital of Grundy county, on the Illinois and Michigan canal, and on the line of the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, 62 miles south-west from Chicago. It is the principal shipping point for Grundy county. Laid out in 1841. Population (estimated), 1,200. George Fisher, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)