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Harrisville (other)
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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 Jersey * 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 Australia * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin Canada * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville, Queensland
Harrisville is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Harrisville had a population of 667 people. Geography Warrill Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River (Queensland), 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 (explorer), Robert Dixon as the basis of a trigonometrical surveying, survey starting with Flinders Peak (Queensland), Flinders Peak to the east and Mount Walker, Queensland, Mount Walker (then Mount Forbes) to the west, which began the accurate interior mapping of Queensland. A monument to this work :File:Surveyor Robert Dixon 1839 Normanby Plains Trigonometrical Baseline Cairn, Harrisville,Queensland.jpg, "In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio
Harrisville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,717 people in the township. Geography Located in the southwest part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Chatham Township - north * Lafayette Township - northeast corner * Westfield Township - east * Canaan Township, Wayne County - southeast * Congress Township, Wayne County - south * Homer Township - west * Spencer Township - northwest corner The village of Lodi is located in central Harrisville Township. Name and history It is the only Harrisville Township statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, 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 * Kamala Harris, 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025, and candidate in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville, Virginia
Harrisville is a town and the county seat of Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. 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 1844. It was repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis County, New York
Lewis County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of New York, situated between the Adirondack Mountains and the Tug Hill Plateau, within the state's North Country region. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 26,582, making it the fourth-least populous county in New York. Its county seat is Lowville. Named after Morgan Lewis, Governor of New York at the time of its establishment in 1805, Lewis County was formed from part of Oneida County and has undergone multiple jurisdictional changes since the colonial era. The area was originally inhabited by the Iroquois Confederacy before being incorporated into colonial and later state holdings following the American Revolutionary War. Settlement expanded in the late 18th century after Macomb's Purchase, and the county has historical significance related to early militia formations and its role in the War of 1812. Geographically, the county includes portions of Adirondack Park, the Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville (village), New York
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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 Jersey * 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 Australia * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin Canada * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenango County, New York
Chenango County is a County (United States), county located in the south-central section of the 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'. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state. 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 northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 signe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
