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Unincorporated community
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	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
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.

Remains of Harrisville, early 1970s
June 1939 WPA construction project on the Oswego River at the CR 679 overpass near Harrisville, just southwest of Harrisville Lake and Harrisville Dam
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.

Dellomo, Angelo. Harrisville. Angelo Publishing Company, 1977

Municipalities and communities of Burlington County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Mount Holly

Cities	Beverly Bordentown Burlington

Boroughs	Fieldsboro Medford Lakes Palmyra Pemberton Riverton Wrightstown

Townships	Bass River Bordentown Burlington Chesterfield Cinnaminson Delanco Delran Eastampton Edgewater Park Evesham Florence Hainesport Lumberton Mansfield Maple Shade Medford Moorestown Mount Holly Mount Laurel New Hanover North Hanover Pemberton Riverside Shamong Southampton Springfield Tabernacle Washington Westampton Willingboro Woodland

CDPs	Browns Mills Country Lake Estates Florence Fort Dix Juliustown Leisuretowne Marlton McGuire Air Force Base Moorestown-Lenola Pemberton Heights Presidential Lakes Estates Ramblewood Roebling

Other unincorporated communities	Arneys Mount Arneytown Atsion Batsto Beaverville Bellview Berlin Heights Birchfield Birchwood Lakes Birmingham Bortons Landing Bossert Estates Bougher Bozuretown Braddocks Mill Bridgeboro Browns Mills Junction Buckingham Park Buddtown Bullock Bulltown Burrs Mill Bustleton Butlers Place Cambridge (Delran) Cambridge (Evesham) Capitol Hill Centerton Chairville Chambers Corner Charleston Chatsworth Christopher Mills Clermont Colemantown Columbus Comical Corner Cookstown Cooperstown Country Club Ridge Coxs Corner Crescent Heights Cropwell Crossroads Crosswicks Crowfoot Davisville Deacons Dellette Donlontown Dukes Bridge Dunns Mill East Burlington East Riverton Eayrestown Ellisdale Evans Corner Evesboro Ewansville Fairview (Delran) Fairview (Medford) Fellowship Fork Landing Fostertown Four Mile Georgetown Green Bank Hartford Hedding Indian Mills Ivywood Jacksonville Jacobstown Jobstown Johnson Place Jones Mill Kinkora Leektown Lower Bank Marlboro Martha Masonville Merrygold Mount Pleasant Munion Field New Albany New Gretna New Lisbon Newbolds Corner Rancocas Rancocas Woods Red Lion Retreat Sandtown Sooy Place Speedwell Sykesville Timbuctoo Vincentown Wading River Woodlane Woodmansie

Ghost towns	Charcoal Landing Crowleytown Eagle Earlys Crossing Harrisville High Crossing Ong's Hat

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