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The first settlement in the Morley area was known as "Maxville," and lay immediately south of the present community. When the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad was extended through the region in 1868, a new town was established along its route and named for J. H. Morley, an engineer for the railroad.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html</ref> Morley was incorporated in 1872 and quickly flourished, thanks to the presence of the railroad and fertile land for agriculture nearby. Cotton- and fruit-growing (especially melons) became especially important to the local economy.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=morley&f=false</ref>
The first settlement in the Morley area was known as "Maxville," and lay immediately south of the present community. When the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad was extended through the region in 1868, a new town was established along its route and named for J. H. Morley, an engineer for the railroad.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html</ref> Morley was incorporated in 1872 and quickly flourished, thanks to the presence of the railroad and fertile land for agriculture nearby. Cotton- and fruit-growing (especially melons) became especially important to the local economy.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=morley&f=false</ref>
==Geography==
Morley is located near the center of Scott County, near the intersection of U.S. Route 61 and Missouri State Highways 77 and 91. Its exact coordinates are 37°02’33”N 89°36’48”W. It is about five miles southwest of [[Benton, Missouri|Benton]], and about 12 miles north of [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]].
The town has a total land area of 0.8 square miles, and an average elevation of 344 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It lies at the northern edge of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with generally flat terrain. The soil in the Morley area is mostly sandy, which has lent itself to fruit-growing in the past.
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