Incorporated: 1870
Population: 1,021
County Name: Cheshire
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Harrisville
PO Box 34
Harrisville, NH 03450

Phone: 603-827-3431
Fax: 603-827-2917

Website: www.keenenh.com/harrisville

Origin:
First settled in 1760, the town was once part of Hancock, Dublin, Roxbury, Nelson, and Marlborough. It became a mill center when the Harris family built of one of the first woolen mills in New England. The town was known as Twitchellville, after Abel Twitchell, whose daughter had married into the Harris family. When the business name was changed to Cheshire Mills, the town incorporated as Harrisville.

More about Harrisville:
Harrisville, a prototype of a rural New England factory village, is now a historic district. A number of its buildings are protected by Historic Harrisville Inc., and the picturesque village is a great favorite with artists.