West Virginia · Census place 5435428

Harrisville, West Virginia

Harrisville is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,547 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,547
#67 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.6%
-75 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
979 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Harrisville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Harrisville population, 2020 to 2024

Harrisville lost 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

1,62220201,61220211,57220221,55720231,5472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,627. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Harrisville covers 1.58 square miles of land, for 979 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Harrisville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Harrisville is in

All of Harrisville's residents live in Ritchie County, which had 8,170 residents in 2024. Harrisville holds 18.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harrisville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrisville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26362. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Harrisville is

The Census internal point of Harrisville is at 39.211900, -81.048500. Charleston, the capital, is 67.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Marys, WV (1,749 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 102.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.211900, -81.048500
DMS
39°12'42.84"N 81°02'54.60"W
UTM
17N 495812.9E 4340292.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FW6X62+QJ

Daylight in Harrisville

At 39.21° N, Harrisville gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harrisville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pennsboro, 6.7 miles away, with 1,009 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Harrisville, WV?

1,547 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 75 (4.6%) from 1,622 in July 2020.

What county is Harrisville in?

Ritchie County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Harrisville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26362.

How far is Harrisville from Charleston?

67.7 miles (109.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Harrisville.

What is the nearest larger city to Harrisville?

St. Marys, WV, with 1,749 residents, 15.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.