Morris Plains, New Jersey

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Morris Plains is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,153,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 621 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,532,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 296 (+5.7%) from the 5,236 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Morris Plains was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1926, from portions of Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 15, 1926.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 195. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref><ref>Historical Timeline of Morris County Boundaries, Morris County Library. Accessed December 24, 2016. "1926, March 15. Morris Plains Borough is established from Hanover Township."</ref> The borough's name comes from Lewis Morris, colonial governor of New Jersey.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 8, 2015.</ref><ref>Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 215. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 8, 2015.</ref>

Morris Plains serves as a bedroom community, with many residents traveling to work in New York City. The Morristown Line of NJ Transit provides commuters with direct access to New York Penn Station and to Hoboken Terminal.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.59 square miles (6.71 km²), including 2.55 square miles (6.61 km²) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.09 km²) of water (1.35%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Littleton.<ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The borough borders the Morris County municipalities of Hanover Township, Morris Township and Parsippany-Troy Hills.<ref>Areas touching Morris Plains, MapIt. Accessed February 28, 2020.</ref><ref>Morris County Municipalities Map, Morris County, New Jersey Department of Planning and Preservation. Accessed February 28, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Morris Plains has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Morris Plains, New Jersey, Weatherbase.com.</ref>

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 5,532 people, 2,131 households, and 1,485 families in the borough. The population density was 2,163.5 per square mile (835.3/km²). There were 2,197 housing units at an average density of 859.2 per square mile (331.7/km²). The racial makeup was 89.44% (4,948) White, 2.73% (151) Black or African American, 0.09% (5) Native American, 4.97% (275) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.07% (59) from other races, and 1.70% (94) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.68% (314) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 2,131 households, 32.3% had children under the age of 18; 61.3% were married couples living together; 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.3% were non-families. Of all households, 24.9% were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.12.<ref name=Census2010/>

24.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.4 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $103,688 (with a margin of error of +/− $12,744) and the median family income was $127,614 (+/− $20,257). Males had a median income of $91,908 (+/− $21,398) versus $67,232 (+/− $24,331) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $45,165 (+/− $10,332). About 0.4% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 0.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Morris Plains borough, Morris County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 5,236 people, 1,955 households, and 1,477 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,994 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 92.91% White, 1.34% African American, 0.06% Native American, 4.32% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.69% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Morris Plains borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Morris Plains borough, Morris County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

There were 1,955 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the borough was $84,806, and the median income for a family was $98,333. Males had a median income of $75,040 versus $44,554 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $36,553. About 1.5% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Economy

The borough has been a major base of operations for Pfizer, previously the headquarters for Warner-Lambert. Pfizer has sponsored the Health and Medical Science Academy at Morristown High School and an annual 5k race around Morris Plains. In 2012, a Template:Convert property owned by Pfizer on the west side of Route 53 was acquired by M&M Realty Partners, which plans to redevelop the site for a mixed use development that would include 500 housing units and Template:Convert for retail use.<ref>Pfizer Property News, Borough of Morris Plains. Accessed October 22, 2013.</ref>

In 2015, Honeywell moved into a Template:Convert headquarters on a Template:Convert campus, after relocating from AlliedSignal headquarters in Morristown.<ref>Bergeron, Tom. "Honeywell opens 'truly awesome building' in Morris Plains", NJBiz, November 16, 2015. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Honeywell Chairman and CEO David Cote formally opened the company's new global headquarters in Morris Plains on Monday morning by talking about the future. The 40-acre campus and 475,000-square-foot building, he said, will give Honeywell the space it needs to continue as one of New Jersey's most important corporations."</ref>

Government

Local government

Morris Plains is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 121.</ref> The borough form of government used by Morris Plains is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 6. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

Template:As of, the mayor of Morris Plains is Democrat Jason C. Karr, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Salvatore F. "Sal" Cortese (R, 2026), Art J. Bruhn, Jr. (R, 2026), Bill Houston (D, 2027), Michael Ivey (D, 2025), Tyler J. Pontier (D, 2027), and Nancy Verga (D, 2025).<ref name=GoverningBody>Governing Body, Borough of Morris Plains. Accessed April 26, 2023. "The Borough of Morris Plains was incorporated by the State Assembly on January 15, 1926 and operates under a Borough form of government. The Borough form of government consists of a Mayor and six council members all of whom are elected at-large. The Mayor is the head of the governing body and is elected to a four-year term. Council members to a three-year term."</ref>

The Morris Plains Municipal Court judge is Michael A. Carlucci.<ref>Municipal Court, Borough of Morris Plains. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref>

Police Department

The Morris Plains Police Department has 17 sworn officers. The command structure has a chief, two lieutenants, five sergeants, nine patrolmen and six civilians.<ref>Police Organization Template:Webarchive, Morris Plains Police Department. Accessed February 10, 2008.</ref> They are dispatched through the Morris County Communication Center who dispatches for the police, fire and first aid departments. The police department handled over 29,000 calls for the year 2010.<ref>Statistics Template:Webarchive, Morris Plains Police Department. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

Morris Plains Fire Department

The Morris Plains Fire Association was established on April 28, 1907, after the Weise Hotel Fire of 1906.<ref>Morris Plains Fire Department", Morris Plains Museum. Accessed April 5, 2021. "Formed in 1907 following a fire in 1906 that destroyed the Weise Hotel and two adjacent stores."</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

Morris Plains is located in the 11th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 26th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

Politics

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 3,935 registered voters in Morris Plains, of which 853 (21.7%) were registered as Democrats, 1,695 (43.1%) were registered as Republicans and 1,381 (35.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 6 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Morris, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 53.3% of the vote (1,659 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 45.9% (1,429 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (27 votes), among the 3,142 ballots cast by the borough's 4,140 registered voters (27 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 75.9%.<ref name=2012Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 52.3% of the vote (1,725 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 45.8% (1,511 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (27 votes), among the 3,297 ballots cast by the borough's 3,994 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.5%.<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Morris County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 55.9% of the vote (1,783 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 42.8% (1,365 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (31 votes), among the 3,191 ballots cast by the borough's 3,921 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 81.4.<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Morris County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 70.8% of the vote (1,399 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 27.9% (551 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (27 votes), among the 2,025 ballots cast by the borough's 4,122 registered voters (48 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 49.1%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 58.6% of the vote (1,337 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 31.5% (719 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.4% (191 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (10 votes), among the 2,283 ballots cast by the borough's 3,898 registered voters, yielding a 58.6% turnout.<ref>2009 Governor: Morris County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

Education

The Morris Plains Schools educate public school students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.<ref>About, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed January 21, 2025. "The Morris Plains Schools is a comprehensive public school district that educates students from Pre-K through eighth grade from Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey. The district, comprising of two schools, has an enrollment of approximately 600 students. Graduating eighth graders attend Morristown High School for grades nine through twelve, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris School District, which also serves the communities of Morristown and Morris Township."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 601 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Morris Plains School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Morris Plains Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are Mountain Way School<ref>Mountain Way School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed January 21, 2025.</ref> with 209 students in grades PreK–2 and Morris Plains Borough School<ref>Morris Plains Borough School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed January 21, 2025.</ref> with 391 students in grades 3–8.<ref>School Performance Reports for the Morris Plains Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Morris Plains Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Morristown High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris School District which also serves the communities of Morristown and Morris Township (for grades K–12).<ref>Morristown High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 18, 2020. "Comprised of 1,848 ethnically diverse students speaking more than 20 different languages, the educational program serves the students entrusted to the school by its communities: Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,856 students and 137.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.<ref>School data for Morristown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>

St. Virgil Academy, founded in 1910, was a Catholic school serving students in preschool through eighth grade (including Pre-K–3 and Pre-K–4) that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. The school was closed at the end of the 2015–2016 school year in the wake of declining enrollment and the rising costs of covering the school's deficits.<ref>"St. Virgil Academy In Morris Plains To Close At End Of Current School Year", The Beacon, June 16, 2016. Accessed February 13, 2020. "After 106 years of providing a Catholic education to students in Morris Plains and beyond, St. Virgil Academy will close its doors when the school year ends this week.... two most important reasons for this decision are: very low enrollment and extremely high financial obligations on the part of our parish."</ref>

Transportation

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U.S. Route 202 southbound in Morris Plains

Roads and highways

Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Morris County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Morris County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

U.S. Route 202, New Jersey Route 10 and New Jersey Route 53 are the main highways serving Morris Plains. Interstate 80 and Interstate 287 are both accessible in neighboring Parsippany-Troy Hills Township.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides service at the Morris Plains station<ref>Morris Plains station, NJ Transit. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref> on the Morristown Line to Newark Broad Street Station, Secaucus Junction, New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal.<ref>Morris and Essex Line, NJ Transit, updated April 23, 2023. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref> The one-story red brick station house, constructed in 1915 in Renaissance Revival style, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984.<ref>Template:NRHP url, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed October 22, 2013.</ref>

NJ Transit provides local bus service on the 872, 875 and 880 routes,<ref>Riding the Bus, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref><ref>Morris County System Map, NJ Transit. Accessed July 31, 2015.</ref> replacing service that had been offered on the MCM2, MCM3 and MCM10 routes until 2010, when subsidies to the local provider were eliminated as part of budget cuts.<ref>Morris County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2013.</ref><ref>NJ Transit Restructures Morris County Bus Service; Four current 'MCM' routes will be expanded to six new bus routes, NJ Transit, September 13, 2010. Accessed August 8, 2015.</ref>

TV and movies

• In The Sopranos episode "Made in America", Phil Leotardo is shot to death at a Morris Plains Raceway gas station, located on route 10, before being run over.<ref>Manochio, Matt. "Morris Plains' Raceway: Where Phil got whacked", Daily Record, June 12, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2012. "The scene was filmed in Morris Plains, and Route 10's surroundings were clearly visible, including the Barnes & Noble, which stood as a backdrop to some vomiting gas station customers who witnessed Phil's murder."</ref>

Notable people

Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Morris Plains include:

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Edward Mosberg

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Ben Weinman

• Darron Collins (born 1970), human ecologist and academic administrator specializing in ethnobotany, who became president of the College of the Atlantic in 2011<ref>Osby, Liv. "Fellowship offers river of travel", Daily Record, August 23, 1992. Accessed September 8, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "After living four years on a college campus, Morris Plains native Darron Collins will spend the next 12 months in an outdoor classroom, studying the rivers of Chile, Egypt and New Zealand."</ref>
• Michael Dogbe (born 1996), defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals<ref>Havsy, Jane. "Morris Plains made, #TempleTUFF Michael Dogbe selected in NFL Draft", Daily Record, April 25, 2019. Accessed July 19, 2019. "Michael Dogbe of Morris Plains (right, No. 9) finished his Temple University career with 77 solo tackles (19.5 for loss), 8.5 sacks and five forced fumbles in 54 games."</ref>
• William Perry Fogg (1826–1909), author and adventurer<ref>William Perry Fogg, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History at Case Western Reserve University. Accessed July 19, 2019. "Fogg later came back to the U.S. and lived in Roselle, N.J., from 1901-08, then living in Morris Plains for the last year of his life."</ref>
• Robert Martin (born 1947), State Senator who represented the 26th Legislative District from 1993 to 2008<ref>Legislative webpage for Robert J. Martin Template:Webarchive, accessed May 6, 2007.</ref>
• Richard Aldrich McCurdy (1835–1916), attorney, business executive and banker who was president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York from 1885 to 1906<ref>Prominent Families of New York, p. 386. The Historical Company, 1897. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. McCurdy have a city residence in Fifth Avenue, and a country home in Morris Plains, N. J."</ref>
• Charley Molnar (born 1961), former head football coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst<ref>Fleming, Kerri. "Charley Molnar new UMass football coach", Telegram & Gazette, December 9, 2011. Accessed September 8, 2015. "This will be the first experience in New England for Molnar, 50, a native of Morris Plains, N.J., and an alumnus of Lock Haven (Pa.) University."</ref>
• Edward Mosberg (1926-2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator and philanthropist<ref>Rubin, Debra. "Edward Mosberg, z”l", Jewish Link, September 28, 2022. Accessed October 22, 2022. "Mosberg, a Morris Plains resident, was honored last October at the 43rd National Founders Day Dinner of Rutgers Chabad with its Ner Tamid Award for his global philanthropic work, preservation of Holocaust memory, Torah donations and support of Rutgers Chabad."</ref>
• Carol J. Murphy (1932–2011), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2000<ref>Assemblywoman Carol J. Murphy, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 25, 1998. Accessed June 11, 2010.</ref>
• Suzanne Scott (born 1965/66), CEO of Fox News<ref>"FOX News CEO now calls Bernardsville home", The Bernardsville News, December 9, 2021. Accessed November 17, 2022. "Scott has local roots, having grown up in Morris Plains and lived in Morristown for many years before coming to Bernardsville with her husband, Preston, and daughter, Margaux."</ref>
• Gustav Stickley (1858–1942), furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher and the chief proselytizer for the American Craftsman style<ref>The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, Visit New Jersey. Accessed May 19, 2016.</ref>
• Louis A. Thebaud (1859–1939), businessman, sportsman and philanthropist in the Gilded Age<ref>Postcard No. 9, Morris Plains Historical Postcard Album. Accessed May 19, 2016. "'Idlewild', the estate of Louis A. Thebaud, stood in the vicinity of present-day Idlewild Drive."</ref>
• Jay Webber (born 1972), Assemblyman who has represented the 26th Legislative District since 2008 and had served as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee<ref>Coughlin, Kevin. "Christie taps Morris Plains attorney Jay Webber as state GOP chairman", NJ.com, June 12, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2013. "Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie yesterday tapped 37-year-old conservative Assemblyman Jay Webber of Morris Plains as the GOP party chairman."</ref>
• Elizabeth Weed (born 1940), feminist scholar, editor and university administrator who was the cofounder of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women<ref>Elizabeth Weed, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. Accessed June 14, 2021. "Elizabeth Weed was born in Morris Plains, New Jersey, to Marguerite and Edgar Weed in 1940."</ref>
• Ben Weinman (born 1975), of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan<ref>Garcia, Alfa. "Morris Plains-based metal rockers The Dillinger Escape Plan will perform in Manhattan", The Record, March 11, 2010. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Wilson and bandmates Greg Puciato, Jeff Tuttle, Billy Rymer and Ben Weinman (founding member and Morris Plains native) spend their performances dodging head stocks, guitars and body parts, at the same time challenging their listeners to participate."</ref>
• Arthur Whitney (1871–1942), politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and was the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1925<ref>Staff. "Arthur Whitney, An Ex-Legislator; Former State Senator From Morris County, N, J., Dies in Mendham at 71 Candidate For Governor Retired From Brokerage Firm of Goadby & Co. Here in 1916 to Enter Politics", The New York Times, November 20, 1942. Accessed July 17, 2022. ""Born in Morris Plains, N. J., Mr. Whitney received his education at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., which he left at the age of 17 to work for several years in an iron plant in Harrisburg, Pa."</ref>
• Paul Zimmerman (1932–2018), football sportswriter for Sports Illustrated<ref>King, Peter. "In wake of signing/trade frenzy, a reminder: Free agency is overrated" Template:Webarchive, Sports Illustrated, March 9, 2010. Accessed January 13, 2011. "This was the enjoyable part of the weekend: having lunch with Paul Zimmerman and his wife Linda in Morris Plains, N.J., Saturday."</ref>

External links

• Borough of Morris Plains, New Jersey
• Morris Plains Police
• Morris Plains Schools
• Saint Virgil Academy
• Template:NJReportCard
• School Data for the Morris Plains Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Morristown High School
• Morris School District
• Daily Record regional area newspaper