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Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg is a city of 52,000 people in the , . The city is a major financial and retail center for eight counties in Virginia, and even draws people from parts of neighboring West Virginia.
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  • Type: City with 54,200 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Harrisonburg, VA”, “Harrisonburg, Virginia”, “Hub of the Valley”, “Rockingham Court House”, and “Rocktown”
  • Postal codes: 22801 and 22807

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridgeforth Stadium and Thomas Harrison House.

Stadium
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is a football stadium located on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is home to the James Madison Dukes football team and the playing surface is named Zane Showker Field.

Historic building
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is a historic home located at Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was built between 1790 and 1800 and is a 1½-story, two bay by one bay, coursed limestone vernacular dwelling.

Garden
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James Madison University is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1908, the institution was renamed in 1938 in honor of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont Estates and Massanetta Springs.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 1,263. It is a suburban bedroom community just to the west of Harrisonburg.

Village
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 4,833.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in , in the U.S. state of . The community took its name from a Presbyterian church called "New Erection" because it was re-erected there, having previously been erected in .

Harrisonburg

Latitude
38.4493° or 38° 26′ 58″ north
Longitude
-78.8689° or 78° 52′ 8″ west
Population
54,200
Elevation
1,325 feet (404 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US HBV
Open location code
87C3C4XJ+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31319630
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4763231
Wiki­data ID
Q511935
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Harrisonburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هاريسونبورغ”
  • Arabic: “هاريسونبيرغ”
  • Basque: “Harrisonburg city konderria”
  • Basque: “Harrisonburg”
  • Bavarian: “Harrisonburg City”
  • Bavarian: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Bengali: “হ্যারিসনবার্গ”
  • Cebuano: “Harrisonburg (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
  • Cebuano: “Harrisonburg”
  • Chechen: “Гаррисонсбург”
  • Chinese: “哈里森堡”
  • Cornish: “Harrisonburg, Virjynni”
  • Cornish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Czech: “Harrisonburg”
  • Danish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Dutch: “Harrisonburg”
  • Esperanto: “Harisonburg”
  • Esperanto: “Harisonburgo”
  • Esperanto: “Harrisonburg”
  • Finnish: “Harrisonburg”
  • French: “Harrisonburg”
  • French: “Municipalité de Harrisonburg”
  • German: “Harrisonburg”
  • Gilaki: “هريسنبرگ (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “هريسنبرگ”
  • Greek: “Χάρισονμπεργκ”
  • Gujarati: “હેરિસનબર્ગ”
  • Haitian: “Harrisonburg, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Hebrew: “הריסונבורג”
  • Hindi: “हैरिसनबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Indonesian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Irish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Italian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Japanese: “ハリソンバーグ”
  • Kannada: “ಹ್ಯಾರಿಸನ್ ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Korean: “해리슨버그”
  • Ladin: “Harrisonburg”
  • Latvian: “Herisonbērga”
  • Lithuanian: “Harisonburgas”
  • Low German: “Harrisonburg”
  • Malagasy: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Harrisonburg”
  • Malay: “Harrisonburg”
  • Marathi: “हॅरीसनबर्ग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Harrisonburg”
  • Norwegian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Persian: “هریسونبرگ، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “هریسونبرگ”
  • Polish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Portuguese: “Harrisonburg”
  • Russian: “Гаррисонберг”
  • Russian: “Гаррисонбург”
  • Russian: “Харрисонберг”
  • Russian: “Харрисонбург”
  • Serbian: “Харисонбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Harrisonburg”
  • Sinhala: “හැරිසන්බර්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Harrisonburg”
  • Slovenian: “Harrisonburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هریسونبورق، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Harrisonburg (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Swedish: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Tamil: “ட்ரான்ஹைம்”
  • Tatar: “Гаррисонсбург”
  • Telugu: “హారిసన్బర్గ్”
  • Thai: “แฮร์ริสันเบิร์ก”
  • Turkish: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Harrisonburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарісонбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаррісонсбург”
  • Urdu: “ہیریسنبرگ، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ہیریسنبرگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Harrisonburg”
  • Volapük: “Harrisonburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Harrisonburg, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Harrisonburg”
  • Welsh: “Harrisonburg”

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