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Harrison, New Jersey

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is New York (NY). It is located about 12 miles [19 km] to the southeast of Harrison and has a population of 8,008,278 people.<1>

The next largest community is Hempstead (NY). It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the east of Harrison and has a population of 755,924 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Stamford (CT)   NE39 mi [62.8 km]119,3031.9% increase
 Stamford (CT)   NE39 mi [62.8 km]119,3031.9% increase
 Elizabeth   S5 mi [8.05 km]124,7553.47% increase
 Jersey City   SE5 mi [8.05 km]241,1140.44% increase
 Newark   SWLess than 2 mi278,9801.99% increase
 Paterson   N11 mi [17.7 km]145,6432.4% decrease
 Babylon (NY)   E42 mi [67.6 km]219,7613.76% increase
 Greenburgh (NY)   NE25 mi [40.23 km]89,8403.55% increase
 Huntington (NY)   E41 mi [66 km]201,5943.23% increase
 Islip (NY)   E50 mi [80.5 km]336,2924.24% increase
 North Hempstead (NY)   E25 mi [40.23 km]226,4571.73% increase
 Oyster Bay (NY)   E33 mi [53.1 km]301,4742.57% increase
 Ramapo (NY)   N27 mi [43.45 km]115,0965.68% increase
 Smithtown (NY)   E49 mi [78.9 km]121,1624.71% increase
 Yonkers (NY)   NE20 mi [32.19 km]201,5882.81% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bayonne   SE5 mi [8.05 km]57,4487.11% decrease
 Belleville   N3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Bloomfield   N4 mi [6.44 km]---
 East Orange   NW3 mi [4.83 km]65,3906.35% decrease
 Elm Park Village   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Hillside   SW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Hoboken   E6 mi [9.66 km]40,5775.18% increase
 Irvington   W4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Kearny   ELess than 2 mi36,7469.3% decrease
 Lyndhurst   N4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Nutley   N5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Orange   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Secaucus   NE5 mi [8.05 km]15,3723.51% decrease
 South Orange   W5 mi [8.05 km]---
 West Orange   NW5 mi [8.05 km]---

Hudson County

Harrison is located in Hudson County.

Below are counties that are near Harrison (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Harrison:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Harrison
 Fairfield County (CT)   NEByram (CT)31 miles [49 km]
 Bergen County   NEKingsland4 miles [6 km]
 Essex County   SWNewark1 miles [1 km]
 Hunterdon County   WPottersville29 miles [46 km]
 Mercer County   SWGrovers Mill37 miles [59 km]
 Middlesex County   SWWest Carteret11 miles [17 km]
 Monmouth County   SEFort Hancock20 miles [32 km]
 Morris County   WHanover11 miles [17 km]
 Passaic County   NDelawanna5 miles [8 km]
 Somerset County   WUnion Village16 miles [25 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Harrison. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Harrison.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Harrison and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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