Harrison Indiana Map

About Harrison, Indiana

Harrison is a locality in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of 40,515. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Harrison is located at 39.5286°N, 87.4222°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 47112.

Harrison sits low, a collection of brick and clapboard clinging to the gentle slopes that bleed into the Wabash River’s floodplain. It lies 4.3 miles north of Terre Haute, IN (from Terre Haute, IN: bearing 354°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south of Clinton. Fields of corn, their stalks already brittle with the late summer sun, stretch out like a rumpled green quilt, broken only by the darker, richer earth of freshly tilled plots. The air, especially as the day begins to cool, carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay and something else, something metallic and distant, a hum that seems to emanate from the very ground. The sky here is vast, a pale blue canvas that can turn a bruised purple at the first hint of a storm, and the light, when it hits the weathered siding of the houses, seems to hold a memory of long afternoons. This stretch of Vigo County has seen its share of hands work the land, from the early settlers who cleared forests for farms to the coal miners who dug deep into the earth for a different kind of harvest. Harrison itself grew in the shadow of these industries, its fortunes tied to the river that was once a highway for goods and the mines that provided livelihoods for generations. The economy now leans more towards agriculture, the steady, predictable cycle of planting and harvesting, but the echoes of its industrial past are still present in the stoic faces of the older residents and the occasional, half-forgotten slag pile on the horizon. There’s a quiet pride in Harrison, a sense of being a place that endures, its character shaped by the patient rhythm of the seasons and the enduring strength of the people who call it home.

About This Harrison Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Harrison, Indiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Harrison and Vigo County.

Detailed location data for Harrison includes the ZIP code (47885), telephone area code (765, 317), county seat of Vigo County (Terre Haute), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Harrison is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.