Morris is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2020 census.
History
The community began as a cattle stop on the Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the "Frisco"), which ran between Muskogee and Okmulgee. The post office was established here on January 4, 1904.
The townsite was platted in 1904 by L. R. Kershaw, who was an attorney and an immigration agent for the Frisco. He named the town after H. E. Morris, a Frisco executive. Many of the street names in Morris are named after towns that were familiar to Kershaw from his home state of Illinois. Kershaw was also the founder of two of the earliest banks in Morris, Indian Territory: The Farmer's State Bank of Morris in 1905 and the First National Bank of Morris in 1907. Morris's later history includes bank robberies, the most talked about being those by Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, who was popular in the Morris area.
The large early growth in Morris's history came from mineral extraction.
The town has the Morris Youth Sports Complex, which hosts Little League tournaments and other events.
Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma’s largest lake, is to the southeast.
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge is to the southwest.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Morris had a population of 1,299. The median age was 35.0 years. 30.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.1 males age 18 and over.
There were 491 households in Morris, of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 41.8% were married-couple households, 13.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 37.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
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| White || 55.1%
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| Black or African American || 2.1%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 25.1%
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| Asian || 0.2%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0%
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| Some other race || 1.6%
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| Two or more races || 15.9%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 3.7%
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2000 census
As of the census