Do you know of Harrisburg ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harrisburg. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Harrisburg.
Our sources for Harrisburg (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Harrisburg other than they indicate that Harrisburg would be found somewhere in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Harrisburg ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Harrisburg.
There is one other community in Colorado which is also named Harrisburg.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 43 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Harrisburg [Washington County].
- Washington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Harrisburg [Bibb County].
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Harrisburg [Saint Clair County].
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Harrisburg [La Paz County].
- Yuma County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Harrisburg [Yuma County].
- Arkansas
- Poinsett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Harrisburg [Poinsett County].
- California
- Inyo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Harrisburg [Inyo County].
- Florida
- Glades County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Harrisburg [Glades County].
- Georgia
- Baldwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harrisburg [Baldwin County].
- Chattooga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harrisburg [Chattooga County].
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harrisburg [Walker County].
- Idaho
- Idaho County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Harrisburg [Idaho County].
- Illinois
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Harrisburg [Saline County].
- Indiana
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Harrisburg [Fayette County].
- Iowa
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Harrisburg [Van Buren County].
- Kansas
- Lyon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harrisburg [Lyon County].
- Ottawa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harrisburg [Ottawa County].
- Maryland
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Harrisburg [Kent County].
- Michigan
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harrisburg [Ottawa County].
- Missouri
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Harrisburg [Boone County].
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Harrisburg [Lafayette County].
- Nebraska
- Banner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Harrisburg [Banner County].
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Harrisburg [Cibola County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harrisburg [Cattaraugus County].
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harrisburg [Lewis County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harrisburg [Warren County].
- North Carolina
- Cabarrus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harrisburg [Cabarrus County].
- North Dakota
- Nelson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Harrisburg [Nelson County].
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harrisburg [Franklin County].
- Gallia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harrisburg [Gallia County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harrisburg [Montgomery County].
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harrisburg [Stark County].
- Oklahoma
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Harrisburg [Stephens County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Harrisburg.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Harrisburg [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Harrisburg [Dauphin County].
- Philadelphia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Harrisburg [Philadelphia County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Harrisburg [Lexington County].
- South Dakota
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Harrisburg [Lincoln County].
- Tennessee
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Harrisburg [Sevier County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harrisburg [Harris County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harrisburg [Jasper County].
- Utah
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Harrisburg [Washington County].
- Virginia
- Charlotte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Harrisburg [Charlotte County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Harrisburg ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Harrisburg:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harrisburg - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Arapahoe County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Arapahoe County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Harrisburg could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |