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| In 1857, the Poinsett County seat was moved
south with the courthouse to be built on a piece of land
donated to the county for that purpose by Benjamin Harris,
after whom Harrisburg was named. That same year a log
courthouse was constructed and a post office was established.
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Soon cotton gins and grist mills were built
in town to accommodate the agriculture and timber industry.
As jobs became available Harrisburg began to experience
growth as workers, merchants, lawyers and doctors moved
their businesses and homes to the new county seat. |
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Like other communities in the South, the economy of
the whole county was devastated bythe Civil War. Harrisburg
did not recover until the arrival of the St. Louis &
Iron Mountain Railroad in 1882. After the railroad arrived
Harrisburg prospered again and the economy began to
diversify.
Since those early days, Harrisburg has continued it's
slow but steady growth.
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