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| Name | Harrison |
| Alt names | Harrison | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 39.283°N 80.383°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1784 - 1863) |
| See also | Barbour, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Doddridge, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lewis, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Marion, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Ritchie, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Taylor, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wood, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- 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, founded in 1784, is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 69,099. [1] The county seat is Clarksburg. Harrison County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Harrison County was created in 1784, formed from Monongalia County and named for Benjamin Harrison V, who had recently retired as the Governor of Virginia, he was also father of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States and great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third president.
The first meeting of the Harrison County court was held on July 20, 1784 at George Jackson's home. One of the first orders of business was to select a permanent county seat. It was decided to move the county seat to Clarksburg. In 1773, David Davisson claimed the land upon which Clarksburg was formed. The town, named in honor of the explorer General George Rogers Clark, was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in October 1785, and it was incorporated in 1795.
Clarksburg's first newspaper, The By-Stander, began publication in 1810. Clarksburg began to grow following the construction of the Northwestern Turnpike connecting Winchester and Parkersburg. It reached Clarksburg in 1836. Clarksburg's economic development was also helped by the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway in 1856. The railroad was instrumental in the development of the local coal mining industry during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1784 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1784 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1784 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1788 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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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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| 1790 | 2,080
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| 1800 | 4,848
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| 1810 | 9,958
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| 1820 | 10,932
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| 1830 | 14,722
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| 1840 | 17,669
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| 1850 | 11,728
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| 1860 | 13,790
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| 1870 | 16,714
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| 1880 | 20,181
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| 1890 | 21,919
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| 1900 | 27,690
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| 1910 | 48,381
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| 1920 | 74,793
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| 1930 | 78,567
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| 1940 | 82,911
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| 1950 | 85,296
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| 1960 | 77,856
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| 1970 | 73,028
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| 1980 | 77,710
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| 1990 | 69,371
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Research Tips
Source:Haymond, Henry. History of Harrison County, West Virginia, from Earliest Days of Northwestern Virginia to the Present
Text from Harrison County, Virginia Page
[Harrison County, Virginia was redirected here in conformance to the WeRelate "1900 rule".]
Harrison County, Virginia was established in 1784 from part of Monongalia County, Virginia. Harrison County became part of West Virginia when it became the 35th state admitted to the Union.
From Preface of History of Harrison County, West Virginia:
"When Harrison County was created by an act of the Virginia Assembly in 1784, it extended over that vast territory reaching from the Maryland line to the Ohio River, with a front of sixty miles on that stream and including the upper waters of the Monongahela River, all of the Little Kanawha and portions of the waters of the Big Kanawha."
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