County research and study
Morris County, Texas
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Morris County is a county or county equivalent in Texas. Its five-digit FIPS code is 48343; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 6.71 square miles of water and a representative point at 33.116466, -94.731265. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.
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County research and study checklist
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Sources and interpretation
Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.
Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.
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