Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg
	Harrisonburg
	Harrisonburg
Basic data
Foundation :	1779
State :	United States
State :	Virginia
Coordinates :	38 ° 27 ′ N , 78 ° 52 ′ W Coordinates: 38 ° 27 ′ N , 78 ° 52 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : ; - Metropolitan Area :	53,078 (as of 2016); 132,822 (as of 2016)
Population density :	1,166.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	45.6 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of; which 45.5 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	404 m
Postcodes :	22801-22807
Area code :	+1 540
FIPS :	51-35624
GNIS ID :	1498489
Website :	www.harrisonburgva.gov
Mayor :	Ted Byrd

Harrisonburg is a US-based independent city in the state of Virginia and the county seat ( the county seat ) of Rockingham County . The place is in the Shenandoah valley .

geography

The city has an area of 45.6 km², of which 45.5 km² is land and 0.1 km² (0.17%) is water. Harrisonburg is completely surrounded by Rockingham County.

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: Update of the US Census Bureau

James H. Cravens (1802–1876), politician
John Paul (1839–1901), lawyer and politician
Samuel B. Avis (1872-1924), politician
Jacob A. Garber (1879–1953), politician
John Paul II (1883–1964), lawyer and politician
Henry G. Blosser (1928–2013), physicist
John H. Gibbons (1929-2015), physicist
Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous (* 1956), Austrian-American historian and political scientist
Ralph Sampson (born 1960), basketball player
Dell Curry (born 1964), basketball player
Dan Forest (* 1967), politician
Maggie's stepfather (* 1981), writer

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