Harrisburg Ohio Map

About Harrisburg, Ohio

Harrisburg is a locality in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 315. The population density is 784.7 people per km². Harrisburg is located at 39.8107°N, 83.1684°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Harrisburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 44641, 45614, 43126.

Harrisburg emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of earth and water, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Raccoon Creek. It lies 31.0 miles northeast of Ironton, OH (from Ironton, OH: bearing 36°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northwest of Gallipolis. The land here slopes with a deliberate, muscular grace, rising toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Brush Ridge that anchors the horizon to the west. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective waters of Tycoon Lake mirror the expansive Ohio sky, providing a calm counterpoint to the creek’s steady motion. The air carries the scent of damp loam and tall grasses, especially near the borders of the Tycoon Lake Wildlife Area, where the boundary between managed land and wild thicket blurs into a tapestry of muted greens and browns. As evening light catches the moisture rising from the valley floor, the terrain takes on the heavy, slumberous quality of deep autumn, grounding Harrisburg in a geography that feels both ancient and unhurried.

History in Harrisburg lingers in the architecture of modest farmsteads and the weathered foundations that speak of mid-nineteenth-century settlement patterns. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil, with agriculture and small-scale land management shaping the daily lives of those who work the fields. While the broader reaches of the Wayne National Forest stand seventeen miles away as a dense, timbered refuge, the immediate vicinity retains a more open, agrarian character that has persisted for generations. Residents might spend a weekend morning walking the Deer Hollow Trail or observing the seasonal migrations near the wildlife area, maintaining a connection to the environment that is as practical as it is profound. Harrisburg occupies this space with a stoic, functional simplicity, favoring the steady work of the harvest and the quiet cycles of the Pleasant Valley basin over the frantic pace of modern industrial centers.

About This Harrisburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harrisburg, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.810694, -83.168409. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Harrisburg includes the ZIP code (44641, 45614, 43126), telephone area code (937, 614), county seat of Gallia County (Gallipolis), and school district assignment (South-Western City School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.