[2] According to the 2010 census, Mount Morris has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.88 km2), all land.

Route 64 continues eastward to Chicago and westward into Iowa, where it keeps its numeric designation.

Morris is home of the Illinois Freedom Bell, which is located in the town square.

The area that is now the town square used to be the campus of one of Illinois' first institutes of higher learning, Mount Morris College.

[citation needed] It was first a Methodist school and was later affiliated with the Church of the Brethren.

[citation needed] On February 12, 2004, the Rahn Elementary School was lost to fire.

Zickuhr Park is located in the western part of town, and has one softball diamond, basketball courts, and an array of playground equipment.

[citation needed] Mounder Park houses a skating park, a pavilion, and the playground equipment that was donated and relocated by the school after the Rahn Elementary School fire.