Harrisonburg (Independent City), Virginia

345 S Main St
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: (540) 432-7701
Fax: (540) 432-7778
www.ci.harrisonburg.va.us

In northern VA, 23 mi. northeast of Staunton. Founded in 1780; incorporated as a town in 1849; as a city in 1916. Serves as county seat for Rockingham County. Name Origin: For Thomas Harrison, who gave fifty acres for the town site

Area (sq mi):: 17.59 (land 17.56; water 0.03) Population per square mile: 2302.80
Population 2005: 40,438 State rank: 40 Population change: 2000-20005 -0.10%; 1990-2000 31.80% Population 2000: 40,468 (White 80.10%; Black or African American 5.90%; Hispanic or Latino 8.80%; Asian 3.10%; Other 6.10%). Foreign born: 9.20%. Median age: 22.60
Income 2000: per capita $14,898; median household $29,949; Population below poverty level: 30.10% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $22,054-$24,240
Unemployment (2004): 3.30% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.30% Median travel time to work: 14.80 minutes Working outside county of residence: 29.90%

Cities with population over 10,000:

Harrisonburg County seat

(41,066)

See other counties in Virginia.

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With his office located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Webb has been with First Bank and Trust Company's Agricultural Division since 2006.

First Bank & Trust names Shenandoah Valley Market regional manager

Mid Florida Golf Cars has branches in Tampa, Jacksonville, and DeLand, Florida, and a branch in Harrisonburg, Virginia, which operates as Virginia Golf Cars.

Mid Florida Golf Cars, Virginia Golf Cars Merge to Strengthen East Coast Footprint

Since 2011, Harrisonburg's integrated STEM curriculum requires every K8 student to have at least four STEM-specific units per year featuring design-related, hands-on challenges ranging from creating habitats for worms to planning weather-resistant houses.

STEM saturates all classrooms in Virginia district

She graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA with her brother in May 2001.

Kelly Renee Showalter, MD

At issue is a May 10 complaint in which DOJ's Antitrust Division alleges that George's acquisition of Tyson Foods' Harrisonburg chicken processing complex reduces competition for chicken growers in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

Virginia officials fear federal antitrust actions will destroy jobs

Attending the bride as her matron of honor was her sister-in-law, Mary Amanda Clark Marble of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Marble&Schifeling

In the January/February 2010 issue, the photo credit for photographs on pages 2-24 should read: Photos on pages 22-24 courtesy of Camp Cheley, Estes Park, Colorado; Camp Horizons, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Camp Echo, Burlingham, New York; Camp Minisink, Port Jervis, New York; Camp Kittatinny, Stillwater, New Jersey; and Coleman Country Day Camp, Merrick, New York.

In the January/February 2010 issue, the photo credit for photographs on pages 2-24 should read: Photos on pages 22-24 courtesy of Camp Cheley, Estes Park, Colorado

This collection of autobiographical reflections is the first volume published by the Anabaptist Center for Religion, an association of retired professors and church workers in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Making Sense of the Journey: The Geography of our Faith

25 May 2009 - Tyson Foods has said it will create about 100 new jobs in the weeks to come at its poultry facility in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Tyson to Add 100 Workers at Virginia Poultry Plant

Byrd Newspapers' Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va., begins printing The News Leader, Staunton, Va., this week, occasioning the loss of eight full-time and 15 part-time printing and packaging positions at the 16,623-circulation (19,611 Sunday) Gannett daily in Staunton.

Gannett Outsources Small Virginia Daily's Printing