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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Harrison County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 65,631. It is named for Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and Texas revolutionary. It is located in the Ark-La-Tex region. The seat of the county is Marshall.
Harrison County is part of the Marshall Micropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Longview–Marshall Combined Statistical Area.
Harrison County, formerly heavily Democratic, is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by the Republican Bryan Hughes, a lawyer in Mineola.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1838 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1869 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 11,822
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| 1860 | 15,001
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| 1870 | 13,241
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| 1880 | 25,177
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| 1890 | 26,721
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| 1900 | 31,878
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| 1910 | 37,243
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| 1920 | 43,565
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| 1930 | 48,937
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| 1940 | 50,900
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| 1950 | 47,745
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| 1960 | 45,594
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| 1970 | 44,841
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| 1980 | 52,265
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| 1990 | 57,483
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