Morrisville, New York

The community was named for Thomas Morris and was originally called "Morris Flats". It was made the county seat in 1817 when it was moved from Cazenovia. In 1907 the county seat was moved again, this time to Wampsville. In 1908, the New York State School of Agriculture was established and occupied the old county buildings that had been left empty.

The First National Bank of Morrisville, Morrisville Public Library, and Old Madison County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|2009a}}

Morrisville is located in central Madison County at {{Coord|42|53|55|N|75|38|52|W|type:city}} (42.898541, -75.647717).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} U.S. Route 20 passes through the village as Main Street, leading east {{convert|7|mi|0}} to Madison and west {{convert|11|mi|0}} to Cazenovia. The closest city is Oneida, {{convert|15|mi}} to the north.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village of Morrisville has an area of {{convert|1.02|sqmi|2}}, all land. The Chenango River rises in Morrisville Swamp just to the northwest of the village, and the nascent river crosses the southwest part of the village limits. The Chenango is a south-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River, which it joins at Binghamton.

{{Weather box

|location = Morrisville 6 SW, New York, 1991–2020 normals, 1911–2020 extremes: 1681ft (512m)

|single line = Yes

| Jan record high F = 69

| Feb record high F = 68

| Mar record high F = 82

| Apr record high F = 87

| May record high F = 90

| Jun record high F = 96

| Jul record high F = 100

| Aug record high F = 97

| Sep record high F = 95

| Oct record high F = 86

| Nov record high F = 78

| Dec record high F = 65

| year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 50.6

|Feb avg record high F = 50.4

|Mar avg record high F = 60.5

|Apr avg record high F = 76.0

|May avg record high F = 82.4

|Jun avg record high F = 85.1

|Jul avg record high F = 86.3

|Aug avg record high F = 85.6

|Sep avg record high F = 82.8

|Oct avg record high F = 74.6

|Nov avg record high F = 64.5

|Dec avg record high F = 54.6

|year avg record high F = 85.6

|Jan high F = 27.6

|Feb high F = 30.2

|Mar high F = 38.2

|Apr high F = 51.8

|May high F = 64.4

|Jun high F = 72.6

|Jul high F = 77.2

|Aug high F = 75.9

|Sep high F = 69.2

|Oct high F = 56.0

|Nov high F = 44.4

|Dec high F = 33.1

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 19.4

|Feb mean F = 21.3

|Mar mean F = 28.9

|Apr mean F = 42.1

|May mean F = 54.4

|Jun mean F = 63.0

|Jul mean F = 67.3

|Aug mean F = 66.0

|Sep mean F = 59.2

|Oct mean F = 47.0

|Nov mean F = 36.5

|Dec mean F = 26.1

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 11.3

|Feb low F = 12.4

|Mar low F = 19.7

|Apr low F = 32.4

|May low F = 44.4

|Jun low F = 53.3

|Jul low F = 57.4

|Aug low F = 56.2

|Sep low F = 49.2

|Oct low F = 38.0

|Nov low F = 28.6

|Dec low F = 19.0

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -8.3

|Feb avg record low F = -6.9

|Mar avg record low F = -1.0

|Apr avg record low F = 19.0

|May avg record low F = 30.3

|Jun avg record low F = 40.3

|Jul avg record low F = 47.9

|Aug avg record low F = 46.8

|Sep avg record low F = 36.2

|Oct avg record low F = 25.5

|Nov avg record low F = 14.2

|Dec avg record low F = 0.9

|year avg record low F = -11.2

| Jan record low F = -35

| Feb record low F = -34

| Mar record low F = -21

| Apr record low F = -1

| May record low F = 20

| Jun record low F = 29

| Jul record low F = 33

| Aug record low F = 31

| Sep record low F = 22

| Oct record low F = 4

| Nov record low F = -12

| Dec record low F = -37

| year record low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 3.51

|Feb precipitation inch = 3.22

|Mar precipitation inch = 3.55

|Apr precipitation inch = 3.89

|May precipitation inch = 4.06

|Jun precipitation inch = 4.62

|Jul precipitation inch = 4.36

|Aug precipitation inch = 4.26

|Sep precipitation inch = 4.26

|Oct precipitation inch = 4.51

|Nov precipitation inch = 4.05

|Dec precipitation inch = 3.85

|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 33.7

|Feb snow inch = 26.5

|Mar snow inch = 21.0

|Apr snow inch = 5.1

|May snow inch = 0.3

|Jun snow inch = 0.0

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.0

|Oct snow inch = 1.0

|Nov snow inch = 10.6

|Dec snow inch = 28.2

|year snow inch =

|source 1 = NOAA (1981–2010 Snowfall)

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00305512&format=pdf

|title = Morrisville 6 SW, New York 1991-2020 Monthly Normals

|access-date = December 13, 2023

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00305512&format=pdf

|title = Morrisville 6 SW, New York 1981-2010 Monthly Normals

|access-date = December 13, 2023

}}

|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins)

{{cite web

|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = xmACIS

|access-date = December 13, 2023

}}

}}

{{US Census population

|1870= 570

|1880= 741

|1890= 726

|1900= 624

|1910= 500

|1920= 497

|1930= 583

|1940= 666

|1950= 1250

|1960= 1304

|1970= 2296

|1980= 2707

|1990= 2732

|2000= 2148

|2010= 2199

|2020= 1633

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}

}}

As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 2,148 people, 362 households, and 195 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,863.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 398 housing units at an average density of {{convert|345.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 79.93% White, 14.20% African American, 0.74% Native American, 2.23% Asian, 0.93% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.24% of the population.

There were 362 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.9% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 9.0% under the age of 18, 60.8% from 18 to 24, 11.4% from 25 to 44, 8.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $34,375, and the median income for a family was $50,536. Males had a median income of $29,028 versus $24,643 for females. The per capita income for the village was $8,983. About 9.0% of families and 19.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.2% of those under age 18 and 0.8% of those age 65 or over.

The village is the location of SUNY Morrisville, which includes the Morrisville fish hatchery, and the Morrisville Equestrian Center.

In the 1980s cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters, Morrisville was the hometown of Ray Stantz.

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• {{Official|www.morrisvilleny.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20010306144721/http://www.ouroldetowne.com/small_histories.htm Morrisville area brief history]

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