Morris, Manitoba
Town in Manitoba, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town in southern Manitoba. For the municipality that surrounds the town, see Rural Municipality of Morris.
Morris is a small town in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located 51 km south of Winnipeg and 42 km north of Emerson. Morris is home to 1,885 people (2016). Named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
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Coordinates: 49°21′18″N 97°21′54″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | No. 3 |
Post office established | 1874 |
Incorporated town | 1883 |
Named for | Alexander Morris |
Government | |
• Governing body | Morris Town Council |
• MP (Portage-Lisgar) | Branden Leslie (CPC) |
• MLA (Midland) | Lauren Stone (PC) |
Area | |
• Total | 6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,975 |
• Density | 309.1/km2 (801/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 204 |
Website | Official website |
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Highway 75, which turns into Interstate 29, is the major highway which runs from Winnipeg to Missouri. Morris is the only town in which Highway 75 is called "Main Street". The town of Morris is mostly surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Morris, except for a relatively small eastern border with the northwest corner of the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, across the Red River of the North.
Morris is host to the annual Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition.