Welcome to Harrisburg ...

So far, we found very little information about Harrisburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harrisburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harrisburg, please Contact Us.

Harrisburg would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

Harrisburg was established in 1859.

When the people of Harrisburg referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Harrisburger<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harrisburg is 2,990 feet [911 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Harrisburg is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Harrisburg was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Harrisburg, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

If Harrisburg still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.

The community of Harrisburg was previously named Harrisville. Going back to its beginning, Harrisburg was originally named Cottonwood. For more information about the names of Harrisburg, see The Names of Harrisburg on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Harrisburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Harrisburg - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Harrisburg ...

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

• Saint George
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
  • Saint George is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,378 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint George <5>
• Washington
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,939 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <5>
• Hurricane
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Hurricane is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,855 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane <5>
• Ivins
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivins
  • Ivins is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivins <5>
• Santa Clara
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
  • Santa Clara is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Clara <5>
• La Verkin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Verkin
  • La Verkin is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,461 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Verkin <5>
• Toquerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toquerville
  • Toquerville is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toquerville <5>
• Apple Valley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
  • Apple Valley is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Valley <5>
• Virgin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgin
  • Virgin is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 670 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virgin <5>
• Rockville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rockville is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <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 Harrisburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harrisburg.

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

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

Adding Harrisburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Harrisburg post office opened in 1863.

We also found Harrisburg on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisburg.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/