Harrison County, Missouri

Harrison County
County
Harrison County Courthouse in Bethany
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°21′N 93°59′W / 40.35°N 93.98°W / 40.35; -93.98
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 14, 1845
Named for	Albert G. Harrison
Seat	Bethany
Largest city	Bethany
Area
• Total	726 sq mi (1,880 km2)
• Land	723 sq mi (1,870 km2)
• Water	3.9 sq mi (10 km2)  0.5%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	8,157
• Density	11/sq mi (4.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

Harrison County is a county in Missouri, United States. The county seat is Bethany.^[2] In 2020, 8,157 people lived there.^[1] The county was organized on February 14, 1845 and named for U.S. Representative Albert G. Harrison of Missouri.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "QuickFacts: Harrison County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 171.