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Welcome to Harrison ...So far, we found very little information about Harrison. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Harrison to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harrison, please Contact Us. Harrison would have been located within present day Mecklenburg County<2>. The location of Harrison has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. While the community is gone, the present day location for Harrison is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Harrison was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Harrison once stood is in the (704) & (980)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Harrison ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Harrison - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (3), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harrison. Communities near Harrison ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harrison.
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 Harrison. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harrison. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harrison. 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 Harrison. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrison. See our Newspapers Page for Harrison. Adding Harrison to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harrison 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 Harrison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Harrison in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrison. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Mecklenburg County: www.charmeck.org The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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