Harrisonville, Pennsylvania
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Harrisonville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 30
and Pennsylvania Route 655
in Licking Creek Township
, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
. It was named after William Henry Harrison
. Located as a stopping point along the Lincoln Highway
, a small country store is still serves travelers today. In the 1850's it had two stores, a schoolhouse, one hotel, a blacksmith shop, and seven residents.
U.S. Route 30
U.S. Route 30 is an east–west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. It is the third longest U.S. route, after U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 6. The western end of the highway is at Astoria, Oregon; the...
and Pennsylvania Route 655
Pennsylvania Route 655
Pennsylvania Route 655 is an long north–south state highway located in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mason-Dixon Line in Thompson Township, where PA 655 continues into Maryland as a local road. The northern terminus is at old U.S. Route 322 in...
in Licking Creek Township
Licking Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Licking Creek Township is a township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 44.7 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 14,845.Fulton County was created on April 19, 1850, from part of Bedford County and named for inventor Robert Fulton.Its county seat is McConnellsburg....
. It was named after William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
. Located as a stopping point along the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the United States of America.Conceived and promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey,...
, a small country store is still serves travelers today. In the 1850's it had two stores, a schoolhouse, one hotel, a blacksmith shop, and seven residents.