Cultural Resources Survey/Veterans Compendium

Recipient of a 2013 New Jersey State Historic Preservation Award

The History of Morris County, New Jersey:

It has just begun to be written.
“Is Iustus Exorsus Futurus Scriptum”

Veterans Compendium Project

Every Soldier. Every History. 

Veterans born in Morris County, or a resident of the county for at least 10 years are eligible for listing. 

We are currently working on a page about Morris County's Afghanistan War veterans.  If you’d like to contribute to this project, or have additional information/photos, corrections, notice omissions about one of the above projects, email Jan Williams at jwilliams@co.morris.nj.us .

 

Resources

To enroll in the National Purple Heart database, please contact The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 

Veterans can apply for a Morris County Distinguished Service Medal. 

If you have lost a medal, award, or decoration, visit the National Archives Veterans' Service Records Page. 

Ongoing Projects

• Employees of the Morris Canal
• Freeholders of Yesterday
• Morris County Street Histories
• Morris County's Miners
• Railroaders
  
  

Historic Documents

• Cultural Resources Inventory (CRI) Web Application
• 1976 Burial Grounds Inventory(PDF, 2MB)
• Cemeteries of Morris County StoryMap
• Historic Maps
• Historic Preservation Element

• Municipal Surveys

Contact

If you have information to add to any of these projects, please email Jan Williams at jwilliams@co.morris.nj.us.