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Welcome to Harrisville ...

The town of Harrisville is located in Ritchie County<1> and is the County Seat for Ritchie County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrisville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Harrisville has a population of 1,686 people<2> (see below for details).

Harrisville is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Harrisville: 304 & 681<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Harrisville had an population of 1,686 people. This is a decrease of 10.13% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.47% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Harrisville had a population of 1,876 people (which is 18% of the total population of Ritchie County). This makes Harrisville the county's most populous community.

The population of Harrisville represents 0.1% of the total population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 63rd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,876 people, the population of Harrisville increased 1.85% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,842 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Harrisville.

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 Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Harrisville ...

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

  • Saint Marys
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Marys have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
    • Saint Marys is located in Pleasants County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Marys <6>
  • Pennsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Belmont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmont have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Pleasants County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • West Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cairo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pullman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
    • Pullman is located in Ritchie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
  • Auburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Auburn is located in Ritchie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Cokeleys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cokeleys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
    • Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
  • Cornwallis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornwallis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
    • Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
  • Cantwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
    • Cantwell is located in Ritchie County

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. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Harrisville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harrisville ...

Looking for more information about Harrisville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Harrisville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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 for Harrisville was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Harrisville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Ritchie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Harrisville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harrisville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Harrisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Harrisville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.