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Harrisville is an unincorporated city in Alcona County. Population: 529. City Hall: 200 Fifth St., Harrisville, MI 48740, (989) 724-666. Harrisville is the county seat for Alcona County. It is located on the shores of Lake Huron at the junction of M-73 and US-23. Harrisville’s main business today is tourism. Several bed & breakfast inns and motels are located along the Lake Huron shoreline and Harrisville State Park is located just south of town. Harrisville’s beautiful harbor offers boating and fishing. Several charterboat services operate from this harbor. The Harrisville Harbor and Sturgeon Point Lighthouse located north of town are popular sightseeing locations. Harrisville State Park located on the south edge of town is a very popular destination for campers.
In 1854, two fishermen, Simeon Holden and Crosier Davison, in partnership, first purchased pine lands and water power privilege here, and the place became known as Davison's Mill. They sold out to Benjamin Harris and his sons, Levi and Henry Harris, of West Bloomfield, N.Y. When the township was organized in 1860, it was named Harris for them. It was given a post office named Harrisville on September 16, 1857, with Levi O. Harris as it s first postmaster. The Harris brothers sold out to West, Colwell & Company, and they founded the village in 1866. They had it platted by H. G. Rothwell in 1870. Incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1905. Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.
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Alcona Historical Society, P. O. Box 174, Harrisville, Michigan 48740, Phone: (989) 724-6297
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4 Seasons Motel & Beach Club, 797 South Huron, Harrisville, Michigan 48740, Phone: (989) 724-6220
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Gillies Funeral Homes, 201 North Second St., P. O. Box 148, Lincoln, Michigan 48742, Phone: (989) 736-8195
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Loggers Trace Golf Course, 5184 East Springport Road, Harrisville, MI 48740, Phone: (989)724-5611
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Springport Hills Golf Course, 5184 East Springport Road, Harrisville, MI 48740, Phone: (989) 724-5611
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Sturgeon Point Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Point Road, Harrisville, MI 48740, (989) 724-6297
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