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Harrison town (1990 pop. 13,425), Hudson co., NE N.J., an industrial suburb on the Passaic River opposite Newark; inc. 1869. The town has several foundries. Its manufactures include plastics, paperboard, and metal products.

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Harrison, USA 1. Arkansas: named after General Larue Harrison who laid out the town.2. New Jersey: named after William H. Harrison (1773–1841), President of the USA (1841) for only one month before dying of pneumonia.

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