Port Morris New Jersey Map

About Port Morris, New Jersey

Port Morris is a locality in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 754. The population density is 1183.4 people per km². Port Morris is located at 40.9051°N, 74.6849°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07850.

Port Morris occupies a quiet expanse of land where the Musconetcong River carves a deliberate path through the terrain. It lies 2.3 miles southwest of Hopatcong, NJ (from Hopatcong, NJ: bearing 215°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northeast of Mount Olive. The landscape is defined by the steady presence of Lake Musconetcong, which mirrors the gray, shifting clouds of the afternoon and provides a calm center to the immediate surroundings. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Kittatinny Mountains anchors the horizon, while the terrain itself slopes toward the nearby Succasunna Plains. Within the boundaries of Lake Musconetcong State Park, the air holds a cool, damp clarity, especially as shadows lengthen over the water and the low, golden light of dusk catches the reeds along the bank.

Port Morris maintains an identity forged by the iron rails and the industrial pulse that once defined this corridor. The local economy and physical character remain tied to the legacy of the canal and rail transit that utilized the Musconetcong River valley to move goods through the interior. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely faded, the influence of that labor lingers in the functional architecture and the purposeful grid of the streets. Beyond the immediate development, the proximity to the woodlands of the Jenny Jump State Forest offers a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged growth that exists just past the edge of the developed lots. Life in Port Morris moves at the tempo of the regional transit lines, a steady, rhythmic hum that persists long after the sun has slipped behind the western ridges.

About This Port Morris Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port Morris, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.905099, -74.684884. 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 Port Morris includes the ZIP code (07850), telephone area code (732, 848), county seat of Morris County (Morristown), and school district assignment (Roxbury Township 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.