HarrisCounty is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 26.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county was $47,763, and the median income for a family was $54,834.
HarrisCounty was named for noted Savannah lawyer and mayor Charles Harris, HarrisCounty was created from Muscogee and Troupcounties in 1827 by an act of the General Assembly.
Some of the historic structures are the HarrisCounty Courthouse, Hamilton Baptist Church, Sweet Home Plantation and Callaway Home are among the HarrisCounty buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
You would have read that he was the great-great grand father of Sandra Doolittle of Columbus, He lived in the HarrisCounty area 1827 till 1840 and constituted Baptist Churches into the Columbus Baptist Association.
The purpose of the HarrisCounty Chamber of Commerce is to provide leadership aimed at promoting controlled growth, economic development and, in general, to enha
serve the quality of life experienced by all citizens of HarrisCounty, Georgia.
This time among the suspected predators caught on tape are three military men — two served in Iraq.
And the number of men who continue to arrive at the door during each undercover operation is alarming—like our latest investigation (the sixth one), this time in Harriscounty, Georgia.
Perverted-Justice has been sending all the sexually explicit online chat logs between its decoys and the potential predators to the Harriscounty sheriff’s department. In Georgia, it’s a crime to attempt to solicit sex online with a minor.
Two first grade girls walk into a classroom at Leslie J. Steele Elementary in DeKalbCounty while the song "Candy Girls" by New Edition plays on the boom box.
Teacher Lisa Carlton considers it a personal challenge to help raise the self-esteem of all her students and get them to love school.
A DeKalbCounty high school band was the first American band to perform at the South African Band Championships and it was a trip the teenagers won’t soon forget.
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Georgia--Civil War--Harris County Units(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Harris 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company H, HarrisBartows
Harris 20th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company E, Whitesville Union Volunteers
Harris 31st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company H, Mountain Tigers
