Rockingham County, Virginia
Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,757. Its county seat is the independent city of Harrisonburg.
Rockingham County Courthouse in Court Square, Harrisonburg
View of Rockingham County from Massanutten Mountain (looking west)
I-81 in Rockingham County
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2020 census, the population was 51,814. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Harrisonburg with Rockingham County for statistical purposes into the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 126,562 in 2011.
Rockingham County Courthouse in Court Square in downtown Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg was named for Thomas Harrison (1704–1785), an early settler.
Interstate 81, a main roadway in Harrisonburg
Larkin Arts