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Welcome to Harrisburg ...

So far, we found very little information about Harrisburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harrisburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harrisburg, please Contact Us.

Harrisburg would have been located within present day Nelson County<2>.


The location of Harrisburg has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrisburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

When the people of Harrisburg referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Harrisburger<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harrisburg is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Harrisburg was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Harrisburg still existed, it would have been in the (701) area code.

Communities Also Named Harrisburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Harrisburg - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harrisburg.

Communities near Harrisburg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harrisburg.

  • Lakota
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • McVille
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McVille have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
    • McVille is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McVille <6>
  • Michigan City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
    • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Aneta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Petersburg is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <6>
  • Tolna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolna
    • Tolna is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolna <6>
  • Warwick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Warwick is located in Benson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <6>
  • Pekin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pekin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Pekin is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pekin <6>
  • Bartlett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Bartlett is located in Ramsey County
  • Michigan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harrisburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harrisburg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harrisburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrisburg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrisburg. See our Newspapers Page for Harrisburg.

Adding Harrisburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harrisburg in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Harrisburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Harrisburg on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisburg.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harrisburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Nelson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Harrisburg refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Harrisburg may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harrisburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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