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We would like to provide the residents of  Harrisburg  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Harrisburg Home page. The Harrisburg Home page provides as much information as possible on Harrisburg. Knowing Harrisburg’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Harrisburg’s Home page, you will also find Harrisburg’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Harrisburg has a population of 6420. 53.2% of Harrisburg’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.8 are female. 56.9% of Harrisburg is married and 85.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $210,374, and the average rent is $1,016. Household median income in Harrisburg is $78,826, and the individual median income is $39,622. Harrisburg’s Ethnic is the following: White(96%), Multiple(3.6%), Hispanic(1.8%), Black(0.2%), Native(0.1%).


Before the railroad was built through Lincoln County, a stagecoach brought mail to the Johnson Harris Homestead located on Nine Mile Creek in Dayton Township. Johnson Harris named the post office Harrisburg in honor of himself.The history of Harrisburg started August 1, 1879, when the first train came rolling through the territory.


The train went from Sioux City, Iowa, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The post office was moved to the Emory J. Darling Homestead, 1 mile south of what is now Harrisburg. The post office was called Salina in honor of Mrs. Jim Stillwell, an early settler and a highly respected teacher.Finally in 1890, the depot was moved to its present site.


The post office took back its original name and the town of Harrisburg was born. One of the many early businesses in Harrisburg was the State Bank, circa 1901–1945. The bank's building is still located in its original spot at 101 Railroad Ave. The bank itself was built in 1899 and completely restored in 2006 by its current owner RISE, Inc.


is a construction management/structural engineering firm.Much mystery surrounds the old bank building, including whether or not the infamous bandit John Dillinger stopped to rob it. According to popular legend, after Dillinger robbed the bank, he fired a round into the teller counter as a reminder not to follow him out.


That bullet hole remains there today.


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