Morristown Minnesota Map

About Morristown, Minnesota

Morristown is a locality in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 949. The population density is 338.3 people per km². Morristown is located at 44.2272°N, 93.4447°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Morristown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55052.

Morristown occupies a quiet expanse of the Minnesota interior, where the land stretches out in a patient, flat cadence that defines the local horizon. It lies 9.9 miles west-southwest of Faribault, MN (from Faribault, MN: bearing 242°T), and is situated 14.7 miles northwest of Owatonna. The Cannon River carves a deliberate path past the edges of Morristown, its current a constant, low-frequency presence that draws moisture into the deep soil. To the north, the landscape softens into a patchwork of fields and woodlots, while the nearby Cannon River State Aquatic Management Area (Rice) offers a sanctuary of wild grasses and thickets that turn a brittle, pale straw color under the weight of an early frost. Two miles out, the waters of Sakatah Lake hold the sky in a mirror of flat, unmoving gray, anchoring a geography that feels distant from any coast and defined entirely by the slow shift of seasons across the plains.

History in Morristown clings to the stubborn endurance of the early settlers who recognized the agricultural potential of this fertile basin. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with grain silos serving as the vertical punctuation marks against the wide, unobstructed sky. Life here moves with a steady, predictable gravity, shaped by the memory of long winters and the resilience required to work a landscape that demands both labor and respect. While the distant Klondike Hill rises as a faint ripple in the far-off haze, the immediate character of Morristown is found in the simple, honest architecture of its streets and the way the evening light lingers against the brick, casting long shadows that seem to hold the quiet weight of the past.

About This Morristown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Morristown, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.227185, -93.444665. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Morristown includes the ZIP code (55052), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Rice County (Faribault), and school district assignment (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Public School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.