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Harrisville (other)
Harrisville may refer to the following places: Australia * Harrisville, Queensland, a town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region New Zealand * Harrisville, New Zealand United States * Harrisville, Indiana * Harrisville, Maryland * Harrisville, Michigan * Harrisville, Mississippi * Harrisville, New Hampshire * Harrisville, New York * Harrisville, Ohio * Harrisville, Pennsylvania * Harrisville, Rhode Island * Harrisville, Utah * Harrisville, West Virginia * Harrisville, Wisconsin * Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio * Harrisville Township, Michigan See also * Harris (other) * Harrisburg (other) * Harrison (other) Harrison may refer to: People * Harrison (name) * Harrison family of Virginia, United States Places In Australia: * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin In Canada: * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Po ...
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Harrisville, Queensland
Harrisville is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Harrisville had a population of 613 people. Geography Warrill Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River, passes through the western parts of the town. History In 1839, a survey baseline of was marked out on the floodplain, then known as ''Normanby Plains'', which now forms part of Harrisville, together with Wilsons Plains and Radford to the south. It was supervised by the surveyor Robert Dixon as the basis of a trigonometrical survey starting with Flinders Peak to the east and Mount Walker (then Mount Forbes) to the west, which began the accurate interior mapping of Queensland. A monument to this work "In the Steps of Our Forefathers" is situated just west of the Harrisville township on the Warrill View Peak Crossing Road, along where the baseline passed (). The area formed part of the old Mount Flinders sheep station established by William Wilson (and his brot ...
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Harrisville Township, Michigan
Harrisville Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,348 at the 2010 census. Harrisville Township surrounds the city of Harrisville, but the two are administered autonomously. Communities *Springport is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 23 on the shores of Lake Huron at . The Holden family settled in the area after their boat blew ashore in 1846. In 1865, the community grew when Joseph Van Buskirk built a store and mill. It was first called Sunflower Hill but was also referred to as South Harrisville due to its proximity to Harrisville. It was later known as Springport due to the numerous coldsprings in the area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.07%) is water. Harrisville Township has a coastline along Lake Huron, and most of Harrisville State Park is located within the township and extends into the city of Harrisville. M ...
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Harris (other)
Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle of Harris), part of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides * Harris, Rùm, a place on Rùm, Highland United States * Harris, Indiana * Harris, Iowa * Harris, Kansas * Harris Township, Michigan * Harris, Minnesota * Harris, Missouri * Harris, New York * Harris, North Carolina * Harris, Oregon * Harris, Wisconsin Elsewhere * Harris, Montserrat Other places with "Harris" in the name * Harrisonburg, Louisiana * Harrisonburg, Virginia * Harris County (other) * Harris Lake (other) * Harris Mountain (other) * Harris Township (other) * Harrisburg (other) * Harrison (other) * Harrisville (other) People * Harris (Essex cricketer) * Harris Jayaraj, an Indian music director * Harris (given name ...
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ...
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Harrisville, Virginia
Harrisville is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Ritchie County. Harrisville is located at the junction of State Routes 31 and 16, five miles south of U.S. 50. Within the community are an elementary school, the county board of education, many businesses, three banks, a library, offices of the ''Ritchie Gazette'' and ''The Pennsboro News'', a municipal park, and North Bend Golf Course. North Bend Lake and North Bend State Park are located just outside town limits. Municipal elections are held every two years. History The town was laid out in 1822 by Thomas Harris, who had moved his family there in 1807. The town was chartered in 1832, and the first post office opened in 1833, under the name Solus. The name was later changed to Ritchie Court House, and then changed again to Harrisville in 1895, when the town was named for Gen. Thomas Harris, nephew of the founder. Ritchie County was formed in 1843, and the first courthouse was built in ...
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Lewis County, New York
Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,582, making it the fourth-least populous county in New York. Its county seat is Lowville. The county is named after Morgan Lewis, the Governor of New York when the county was established. History The area now occupied by Lewis County was very sparsely occupied until the end of the 18th century. Although the land was already claimed by the Province of New York in its original grant, the land was clearly part of the territory of the Iroquois confederacy until after the American Revolutionary War, when New York seized the lands from tribes that had supported the British. The lands were unsurveyed and remained unattractive to settlement until after the complex process of Macomb's Purchase of 1791 eventually put much of the land in the hands of John Brown. Jurisdiction history The area now falling in the jurisdiction of Lewis County, New York has changed jurisdiction m ...
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Diana, New York
Diana is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,709 at the 2010 census. The town is on the northeastern border of the county and is located northeast of Watertown. The northwestern section of Diana is in the Fort Drum military reservation. History The town of Diana was established from part of the town of Watson in 1830. In 1841, part of the town was used to help establish the town of Croghan. It was named after the Roman goddess Diana. The Alpina Archeological District and Lewisburg Archeological District were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Notable person *Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Napoleon, spent part of his exile living in the town near Natural Bridge. Lake Bonaparte in the northern part of the town is named after him. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.63%, are water. Part of the Fort Drum Military Reservation is ...
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Harrisville (village), New York
Harrisville may refer to the following places: Australia * Harrisville, Queensland, a town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region New Zealand * Harrisville, New Zealand United States * Harrisville, Indiana * Harrisville, Maryland * Harrisville, Michigan * Harrisville, Mississippi * Harrisville, New Hampshire * Harrisville, New York * Harrisville, Ohio * Harrisville, Pennsylvania * Harrisville, Rhode Island * Harrisville, Utah * Harrisville, West Virginia * Harrisville, Wisconsin * Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio * Harrisville Township, Michigan See also * Harris (other) * Harrisburg (other) * Harrison (other) Harrison may refer to: People * Harrison (name) * Harrison family of Virginia, United States Places In Australia: * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin In Canada: * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Po ...
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Chenango County, New York
Chenango County is a County (United States), county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 47,220. Its county seat is Norwich, New York, Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida language, Oneida word meaning 'large bull-thistle'. History This was long the territory of the Oneida people, one of the first Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy or ''Haudenosaunee''. They occupied the area until after the Revolutionary War, when they were forced off the land, although they had been allies of the patriot colonists. They were granted a small reservation, which settlers continued to encroach on. When English colonists organized counties in 1683 in what is now New York, the present Chenango County was part of Albany County, New York, Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Ver ...
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Sherburne (town), New York
Sherburne is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 4,048 at the 2010 census. The town contains two villages, Sherburne and Earlville. The town is at the northern border of Chenango County. History The area that became Sherburne, part of the Chenango River valley, was originally inhabited by the Oneida people, until the late 1780s when the state of New York purchased the land from them. These parcels were later sold at auction in New York City. The settlement of Sherburne occurred around 1792 near the present-day Sherburne village. The town was named after the tune "Sherburne", written by Daniel Read in 1783. The early inhabitants had a habit of frequently singing the tune, which was a great favorite with them. Most of the earliest inhabitants and settlers of Sherburne were originally from the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Sometime around 1785 or 1786, two years after the Treaty of Paris and Treaties of Versailles were signed on ...
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