Place:Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States

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Name
Harrisonburg
Alternate names
Harrisonburg City     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Harrisonburg Independent City     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Rocktown     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS51011668)
Type
Independent City
Coordinates
38.443°N 78.872°W
Located in
Rockingham, Virginia, United States     ( - 1916)
Also located in
Virginia, United States     (1916 - )

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Harrisonburg is an independent city in Rockingham County, Virginia. The population was 40,468 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Harrisonburg is located in the Shenandoah Valley and is home to James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University. It is the county seat of Rockingham County. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Harrisonburg with Rockingham county for statistical purposes, while the US Census Bureau treats Harrisonburg as an independent County for census tabulation.

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