Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2020 census, the population was 51,814. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Harrisonburg with Rockingham County for statistical purposes into the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 126,562 in 2011.
Southeast
Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg County, VA
Population
51,784
Walk Score
89 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,060
Median home value
$263,700
Founded
1779
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District · listed 2005
- Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2018
- Massanetta Springs Historic District · listed 2005
- Melrose Caverns and Harrison Farmstead · listed 2014
- Bethel AME Church and Dallard-Newman House Historic District · listed 2017
- Old Town Historic District · listed 2008
Notable landmarks
- Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home · listed 2024
- Breneman-Turner Mill · listed 2006
- Cromer House
- Earman, George, House · listed 1982
- Inglewood · listed 1985
- Kyle's Mill House · listed 2001
- Long Meadow · listed 2005
- Longs Chapel · listed 2006
- Peale, Jonathan, House · listed 2007
- Taylor Springs · listed 2002
- Harrison, Thomas, House · listed 1973
- Hockman, Anthony, House · listed 1982
- Newtown Cemetery · listed 2015
- Rockinghan County Courthouse · listed 1982
- Simms, Lucy F., School · listed 2004
- Turner Ashby Monument · listed 2017
- Whitesel Brothers · listed 2005
- Wilton, Joshua, House · listed 1979
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