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Morrison, Colorado

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The town of Morrison is located in Jefferson County.

Morrison was incorporated January 29, 1906.

The community of Morrison is 2,070 feet [630.94 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Morrison lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Morrison can be found in:

 CaliforniaPennsylvania (historic)
 IllinoisQuebec
 IowaSouth Carolina
 LouisianaTennessee
 MarylandVirginia
 MissouriWest Virginia
 OklahomaWisconsin
 Oregon (historic<2>) 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Morrison had a population of 430 people<3> (or 0.08% of the total population of Jefferson County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Morrison had a population of 415 people. This is a decrease of 3.49% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Morrison.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008415-3.49%+0.73% since 2007
2007412-4.19%+0.24% since 2006
2006411-4.42%-0.48% since 2005
2005413-3.95% 
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2000430The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arvada   N13 mi [20.92 km]107,3615.1% increase
 Centennial   E18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Denver   NE19 mi [30.58 km]598,7077.95% increase
 Englewood   E11 mi [17.7 km]32,6692.97% increase
 Federal Heights   NE19 mi [30.58 km]11,7322.76% decrease
 Golden   N7 mi [11.27 km]17,3210.94% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Morrison.

Website for Morrison

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Morrison or Jefferson County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.town.morrison.co.us/
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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Morrison? Please visit the Map Page for Morrison.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morrison - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Morrison, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Morrison.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Morrison and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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