Welcome to Harrisville ...
Harrisville is located in Marquette County<1>.
The location of Harrisville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
Harrisville is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Harrisville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Harrisville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Harrisville - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harrisville.
Communities near Harrisville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harrisville.
- Wautoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Redgranite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Montello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Westfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Oxford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Endeavor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Coloma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Neshkoro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Hancock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harrisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harrisville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harrisville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrisville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrisville. See our Newspapers Page for Harrisville.
Adding Harrisville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Harrisville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Harrisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Harrisville post office opened in 1851.
We also found Harrisville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrisville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrisville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marquette County: www.co.marquette.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marquette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harrisville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |