Editing Harrison County, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|411|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|402|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.4|sqmi}} (2.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504223453/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt |archive-date=May 4, 2014 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

On May 16, 2013, the Chicago Tribune Business section reported that the Utica Shale underlying Harrison County shows promise as a tight oil production zone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McAllister |first=Edward |last2=Zawadzki |first2=Sabina |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Ohio's well data shatters shale oil hopes |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/05/16/ohios-well-data-shatters-shale-oil-hopes/ |access-date=May 20, 2013 |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=Reuters}}</ref>  To produce tight oil in large quantities would require horizontal drilling and fracturing of the shale formation as is being done in North Dakota and Texas.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=How An Oil Boom in West Texas Is Reshaping the World |url=https://time.com/5492648/permian-oil-boom-west-texas/ |access-date=April 14, 2019 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hydraulic Fracking {{!}} Energy of North Dakota |url=https://energyofnorthdakota.com/home-menu/how-oil-is-produced/hydraulic-fracking/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415182032/https://energyofnorthdakota.com/home-menu/how-oil-is-produced/hydraulic-fracking/ |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Carroll County, Ohio|Carroll County]] (north)
*[[Jefferson County, Ohio|Jefferson County]] (east)
*[[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont County]] (south)
*[[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey County]] (southwest)
*[[Tuscarawas County, Ohio|Tuscarawas County]] (west)

===Conotton Creek Trail===
The [[Conotton Creek Trail]] is a [[Rail trail|rails-to-trails]] path that runs along [[Conotton Creek]] from [[Bowerston, Ohio|Bowerston]] to [[Jewett, Ohio|Jewett]] in northern Harrison County, Ohio. The paved multi-use trail is {{convert|11.4|miles}} long.