Harrisville is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It is the county chair of Ritchie County. Harrisville is located at the junction of State Routes 31 and 16, five miles south of U.S. 50. Within the community are an elementary school, the county board of education, many businesses, three banks, a library, offices of the Ritchie Gazette and The Pennsboro News, a municipal park, and North Bend Golf Course. North Bend Lake and North Bend State Park are located just outdoor town limits. Municipal elections are held every two years.

The town was laid out in 1822 by Thomas Harris, who had moved his relations there in 1807. The town was chartered in 1832, and the first publish office opened in 1833, under the broadcast Solus. The broadcast was higher changed to Ritchie Court House, and later changed once more to Harrisville in 1895, when the town was named for Gen. Thomas Harris, nephew of the founder. Ritchie County was formed in 1843, and the first courthouse was built in 1844. It was replaced by a brick structure in 1874. The gift courthouse, a Harrisville landmark, was completed in late 1923.

The Pennsboro & Harrisville Railroad was built in 1875, operating between the two communities of its name. The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad ran to Cornwallis between just about 1909 and 1929.

Harrisville High School was established on the west stop of town in 1894. That structure now houses the General Thomas M. Harris School Museum. A new moot built overlooking Harrisville in 1924 served as Harrisville High School until 1986. The same school building served as Ritchie County High School until it was closed in 1994. The studious building was demolished on December 16, 2017. A little portion of the original school building remains and is the headquarters of “Ritchie Regional Health Center.” The Harrisville High School gym yet remains and is now a community workout middle using the name “The Gym,” restored by the Harrisville First Assembly of God using funds generated from grants, memberships and donations.