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Harrisonburg, Virginia
Independent city
Rockingham County Courthouse in downtown Harrisonburg
Nickname(s):  The Friendly City, Rocktown, H'burg, The Burg, Friendly by Nature
Harrisonburg enclaved within Rockingham County
Location of Harrisonburg in Virginia
Harrisonburg Location within the United States
Coordinates: 38°26′58″N 78°52′08″W / 38.44944°N 78.86889°W / 38.44944; -78.86889
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	None (Independent city)
Founded	1779
Incorporated	1916
Founded by	Thomas Harrison
Named for	Thomas Harrison
Government
• Type	Council-manager government
Area [1]
• Total	17.39 sq mi (45.04 km2)
• Land	17.34 sq mi (44.91 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation	1,325 ft (404 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	51,814
• Density	3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	22801–22803, 22807
Area code	540
FIPS code	51-35624[2]
GNIS feature ID	1498489[3]
Website	www.harrisonburgva.gov

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Harrisonburg is a city in Rockingham County, Virginia. It had 51,814 people at the 2020 census.^[4]

Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County.^[5] Harrisonburg is home to James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University.

• Harrisonburg Tourism
• City of Harrisonburg
• Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce
• Harrisonburg City Public Schools
• Daily News Record (Newspaper)
• WHSV - TV 3
• Rocktown Weekly (Alternative Newspaper owned by the DNR) Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Virginia Quilt Museum

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