Welcome to Harrisville ...

Harrisville is located in Burlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Harrisville is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Harrisville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Harrisville: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named Harrisville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Harrisville - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Harrisville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Harrisville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Harrisville ...

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

• Pleasantville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
• Hammonton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
• Absecon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Absecon is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
• Brigantine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
• Northfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
• Washington
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
• Egg Harbor City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
• Port Republic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
• Green Bank
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Bank is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
• Batsto Village ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
  • Batsto Village has also been known as:
  • Batsto

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 Harrisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harrisville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harrisville. 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 Harrisville.

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

Adding Harrisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harrisville 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 (so far) for Harrisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harrisville post office opened in 1856. The Harrisville post office closed in 1862.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisville.