Harrison, Indiana

{{For|the township in Vigo County|Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Harrison, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Vigo

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Fayette

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2016-07-14|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 139

|elevation_ft = 456

|coordinates = {{coord|39|31|43|N|87|25|20|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47885

|area_code = 812, 930

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Harrison is an unincorporated community in southeastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|452218}} | title = Harrison, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = August 7, 2017}}

It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.

History

Harrison was platted August 4, 1837, by Ann Potts, on the west side of the river from Fort Harrison, a military outpost in the region built in 1811 by General William Henry Harrison.{{cite gnis|0452237|Fort Harrison (historical)|2010-06-25}}{{Cite book

| last = Bradsby

| first = H.C.

| author-link = Henry C. Bradsby

| title = History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections

| publisher = S. B. Nelson & Co

| year = 1891

| location = Chicago

| pages = 476

| url = https://archive.org/details/historyofvigocou00brad

}}

Geography

Harrison is located at {{coord|39|31|43|N|87|25|20|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 456 feet.

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