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Harrison County was organized in 1784, with territory partitioned from Monongalia County. It was named for Benjamin Harrison V , [ 10 ] who had recently retired as the Governor of Virginia. (He was the father of William Henry Harrison , 9th President of the United States and great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison , 23rd president.)
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
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Location of Harrison County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Texas. There are one district and 17 individual properties listed on the ...
Bridgeport is a city in eastern Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,325 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Clarksburg micropolitan area in North Central West Virginia. Bridgeport had its beginning in pre-American Revolutionary War times. In 1764, John Simpson entered the area and gave his name to Simpson ...
Watters Smith Memorial State Park is a 532-acre (2.15 km 2) historical park and national historic district with a pioneer homestead and museum located in Harrison County, West Virginia. The homestead, rising above Duck Creek, is a memorial to settler Watters Smith, who was born in Trenton, New Jersey , in 1767, and moved to Harrison County in ...
A post office called Sardis was established in 1852, and remained in operation until 1908. [2] In 1872, the village gave its name to the surrounding county district under the new state constitution.