Welcome to Harrison ...

Harrison is located in Sequoyah County<1>.

The location of Harrison has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrison, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

Harrison is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Harrison lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Harrison: (918) & (539)<4>

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, North Carolina, Ohio (6), 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.

• Sallisaw
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallisaw
  • Sallisaw is located in Sequoyah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sallisaw <5>
• Roland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
  • Roland is located in Sequoyah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <5>
• Muldrow
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldrow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldrow
  • Muldrow is located in Sequoyah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldrow <5>
• Stigler
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stigler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigler
  • Stigler is located in Haskell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stigler <5>
• Spiro
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
  • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <5>
• Vian
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
  • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <5>
• Gore
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <5>
• Webbers Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbers Falls
  • Webbers Falls is located in Muskogee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webbers Falls <5>
• Keota
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
  • Keota is located in Haskell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keota <5>
• McCurtain
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCurtain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurtain
  • McCurtain is located in Haskell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCurtain <5>

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.<6>

From that list, the Harrison post office opened in 1908.

We also found Harrison on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

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 State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/