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Welcome to Harrisonville ...

Harrisonville is located in Meigs County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrisonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.

Harrisonville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harrisonville: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Harrisonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Harrisonville: This one is located in Meigs County and the other is located in Scioto County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 12 communities that are also named Harrisonville - they are located in Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey (2) and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Harrisonville ...

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

  • Athens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Point Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Middleport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pomeroy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chauncey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Mason
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Albany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Syracuse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Racine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harrisonville ...

Looking for more information about Harrisonville? 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 Harrisonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harrisonville.

Adding Harrisonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harrisonville 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 Harrisonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harrisonville post office opened in 1841. The Harrisonville post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Meigs, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harrisonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Harrisonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Harrisonville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/