Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Morrison, MO

Morrison is a small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, on Bailey's Creek near the Missouri River in Missouri's German heritage region.

The first permanent settlement at Morrison was made by Robert Shobe around 1828, and the Shobe-Morrison House, the oldest building in town, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The town was named for Alfred William Morrison, a state legislator who later served as State Treasurer of Missouri; his son William J. Morrison became the town's first postmaster when the post office opened in 1860.

The Pacific Railroad began service through Morrison in 1855, and by 1879 the town supported two general stores, a hotel, saloons, a wagon maker, a lumber manufacturer and about 150 residents.

Morrison peaked at 359 residents in 1930 but had only 93 residents at the 2020 census, down from 139 people in 52 households in 2010.

A levee built in the 1950s protects Morrison from flooding, but the Great Flood of 1993 topped the levee and inundated the lower part of town, including most of its businesses.

The city covers just 0.45 square miles, and land donated by the Meyer family became the present city park.