Morris, Indiana

Morris was originally called Springdale, and under the latter name was first settled about 1840 by a colony of German Catholics.^[3] The name was changed to Morris in 1856.^[4] A post office called Morris has been in operation since 1858.^[5] The center of community life is St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church which was founded in 1856 and which is, as of February 2025, the scene of an investigation into a possible eucharistic miracle.^[6] The church also built a grade school in 1861 where many of the residents of the community attended until the school closed down in 1977.^[7]

The United States Census Bureau defined Morris as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.^[8]