Profile for Harrisonburg, Louisiana, LA

Harrisonburg is on the Ouachita River

Busy commercial center during the days of the steamboat

Historic sites and museums: Harrisonburg Indian Mound, Catahoula Parish Museum of Natural History, Fort Beauregard

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Listed places near Harrisonburg

Cemeteries (16)

Communities (1)

Libraries (1)

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• Catahoula Parish data
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Sections below provide additional information and links about Harrisonburg demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Catahoula Parish economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 71340 ZIP code.

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4% of Harrisonburg residents report German ancestry, and 4% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Harrisonburg ancestry & family history guide.

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• Catahoula Parish Ancestry forum
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Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - LA data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
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• Newspaper articles

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• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

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• Harrisonburg business guide
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• Courts in Louisiana
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• Crime in Catahoula Parish
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• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
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• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Louisiana
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Harrisonburg was $6,242, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Louisiana economic data

7% of Harrisonburg residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Catahoula Parish genealogy forum

Median rent in Harrisonburg, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $99.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $683.

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Libraries in Harrisonburg include Catahoula Parish Library ... View libraries

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Catahoula Parish supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Harrisonburg political report.

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The average commute time for Harrisonburg workers is 28 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

• Harrisonburg travel guide
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