Harries is a historic community in
Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
Australia
* The former name of Montgomery Land District, Tasmania
United Kingdom
* The historic county of Montgomeryshire, Wales, also called County of Montgomery
United States
* Montgomery County, Alabama
* Mon ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Ohio.
History
A mill was first built at Harries around 1820; the place was later called Smithville, after George W. Smith bought the property.
Other early variant names were Harries Station, Harriesville, Harshman, Harshmansville, and Harshmanville. A post office called Harshmanville was established in 1850, the name was changed to Harshman in 1885, and the post office closed in 1914. Harries and Harshman were the names of the proprietors of local mills and other enterprises.
The community was located in Mad River Township,
which incorporated as the city of
Riverside
Riverside may refer to:
Places Australia
* Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
Canada
* Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon
* Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta
* Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...
in 1995.
About the City of Riverside
City of Riverside, 2013. Accessed 2015-09-19.
References
Geography of Montgomery County, Ohio
Neighborhoods in Ohio
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