Harrisville, New Jersey

Harrisville, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Harrisville Location in Burlington County (Inset: Burlington County in New Jersey)
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	Bass River
Established	1795
Destroyed	1914
Named for	John and Richard Harris
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	876972

Harrisville (also called McCartyville) is an unincorporated community and ghost town located within Bass River Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

Harrisville was a small production community that was settled from around 1795 to 1914, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of New Gretna in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It is best known for producing paper under the Harris family's ownership. It was abandoned and then burned down in 1914 leaving only ruins. It is a part of the history of the Pine Barrens and New Jersey. Only the decayed ruins of this town exist today.

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  Remains of Harrisville, early 1970s

• OswegoRiverNewJerseyJune1939.JPG

  June 1939 WPA construction project on the Oswego River at the CR 679 overpass near Harrisville, just southwest of Harrisville Lake and Harrisville Dam

• OswegoRiverNewJersey1939.PNG

  View of the August 20, 1939, Oswego River flood at Harrisville, as seen from where Chatsworth Road/County Route 679 crosses the river. The 1939 flood occurred despite the Harrisville Dam being in place since 1932.

Further reading

• Dellomo, Angelo. Harrisville. Angelo Publishing Company, 1977