RV rental Morris Plains, NJ: Motorhome rentals, camper van rentals and more

Morris Plains’ history began with its first settler, Thomas Pierson, who arrived in 1685 and built a sawmill on what is now known as Thompson Pond. Pierson astutely recognized that New Jersey would experience an influx of immigrants who needed wood to build their homes, farms, and buildings. The local farmers and miners expanded dirt paths, once used by the local Lenni Lenape Native Americans, into wider roads to better carry their grain, lumber, and ore to the larger towns. Morris Plains never quite experienced an influx of growth that the other neighboring towns did in the 19th century, and to this day, remains a tiny town of the same length and girth as it was 100 years ago: 2.5 square miles.