Morris, Manitoba
Morris | |
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The Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition in Morris | |
Town boundaries | |
| Coordinates: 49°21′18″N 97°21′54″W / 49.35500°N 97.36500°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | No. 3 |
| Post office established | 1874 |
| Incorporated town | 1883 |
| Named after | 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) | |
• 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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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). The town is named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
Highway 75, which turns into Interstate 29, is the major highway which runs from Winnipeg to Missouri. Morris is the only town where 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.