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Harrison County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- May 3, 1784
- Named after
- Benjamin Harrison V
- Seat
- Clarksburg
- Largest city
- Clarksburg
- Total
- 417 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 64,221
- Density
- 158/sq mi (61.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .harrisoncountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Harrison V
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- West Virginia
- Capital
- Clarksburg
- Population
- 65921
- Area
- 1079
- Shares border with
- Wetzel County
- Official website
- www.harrisoncountywv.com
- Image
- HCWV1013.JPG
- Households
- 27213
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- Commons category
- Harrison County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Harrison County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1784-05-03
- topic has template
- Template:Harrison County, West Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Harrison County, West Virginia
- different from
- Harrisonburg
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Harrison County
- per capita income
- 29086
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Encyclopedic overview
Harrison County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,921, making it West Virginia's 7th most populous county. Its county seat is Clarksburg. Harrison County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harrison County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.