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Welcome to Harrison ...The town of Harrison is located in Hudson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Harrison has a population of 20,111 people<2> (see below for details). Harrison is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Harrison lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Harrison: (973) & (862)<4> The ZIP code for Harrison: 07029<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Harrison had an population of 20,111 people. This is an increase of 47.66% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 39.43% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Harrison had a population of 13,620 people. This makes Harrison the county's 8th most populous community. The population of Harrison represents 0.15% of the population of New Jersey (which has 8,791,894 people), making it the state's 38th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 13,620 people, the population of Harrison decreased 5.57% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 14,424 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Harrison. Communities Also Named Harrison ...While we believe that this Harrison is located in Hudson County, we know of another 2 New Jersey communities named Harrison. Those communities are located in the following counties: Middlesex and Warren County. Beyond New Jersey, 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 York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harrison ...Looking for more information about Harrison? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Harrison, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harrison. Adding Harrison to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harrison in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<8> 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 ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrison. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Hudson County: www.hudsoncountynj.org/ The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/ Footnotes ...
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