Harrison County

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Harrison County is an East Texas county in the United States, historically significant for its role in the antebellum South and centered around its county seat, Marshall.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Harrison County canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Louisiana
borderedByCounty Gregg County, Texas
Marion County, Texas
Panola County, Texas
Rusk County, Texas
Upshur County, Texas
bordersOn Caddo Parish, Louisiana
continent North America
country United States of America
countySeat Marshall, Texas
FIPSCountyCode 203
GNISFeatureClass civil
hasCapital Marshall, Texas
hasCity Hallsville, Texas
Marshall, Texas
Waskom, Texas
hasHigherEducationInstitution East Texas Baptist University (in Marshall)
Wiley College (in Marshall)
linked to: Wiley College
hasHistoricSignificance center of cotton plantation economy before the American Civil War
major slaveholding county in antebellum Texas
hasMajorHighway Interstate 20
State Highway 154
State Highway 322
State Highway 43
State Highway 449
U.S. Highway 59 NERFINISHED
U.S. Highway 59 Future Interstate 369
U.S. Highway 80
linked to: U.S. Route 80
hasRailService Kansas City Southern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
hasTown Elysian Fields, Texas
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Harleton, Texas
Jonesville, Texas
Karnack, Texas
Woodlawn, Texas
historicalRegion antebellum South
judicialCenter Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall
locatedIn East Texas
Piney Woods region of Texas
Southern United States
Texas
namedAfter William Henry Harrison
observesDaylightSavingTime true
partOf State of Texas
linked to: Texas
stateFIPSCode 48
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longview, Texas county Harrison County
Harrison County government governs Harrison County