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Harrison County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- December 1, 1808
- Named after
- William Henry Harrison
- Seat
- Corydon
- Largest city
- Corydon
- Total
- 486.52 sq mi (1,260.1 km )
- Land
- 484.52 sq mi (1,254.9 km )
- Water
- 2.00 sq mi (5.2 km ) 0.41%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,437
- Density
- 81.842/sq mi (31.599/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- in.gov/counties/harrison
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Henry Harrison
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- New Amsterdam
- Capital
- Corydon
- Population
- 39654
- Area
- 1261
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crawford County
- Official website
- harrisoncounty.in.gov
- Image
- Harrison county indiana courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 14534
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- Commons category
- Harrison County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Harrison County, Indiana
- inception
- 1808-10-11
- different from
- Harrisonburg
- water as percent of area
- 0.41
- native label
- Harrison County
- per capita income
- 28056
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Harrison County, Indiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Harrison County is located in the far southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Ohio River. The county was officially established in 1808. Its population was 39,654 as of the 2020 United States census. Its county seat is Corydon, the former capital of Indiana.
Harrison County is part of the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harrison County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.