;Emmy Crawford: An eighteen-year-old young woman and witch, presumed to be the reincarnation of the witch Hester Beck, but actually the reincarnation of Amaryllis. ;Bernice Anderson: Emmy's best friend, granddaughter of Riah Anderson, and student of Lovey Belfont. ;Isaac Crawford: Emmy's adoptive father. He was created by Hester. ;Kammi: Emmy's evil twin sister. ;Lady Lovey Belfont: An old woman that has spent her life capturing the servants of Hester Beck. ;Riah Anderson: A friend of Isaac's and resident of Mason's Hollow. He was created by Hester. ;Shaky: Emmy's pet calf.
Haints
;The Skinless Boy / The Tattered Skin: Emmy's mute familiar. He was summoned from the nightmares of a child. Emmy carries his skin around in her satchel and he whispers secrets to her. ;Priscilla: A goblin that befriends Emmy.
The Family
;Hester Beck: A god-like witch who was killed by her own creations. She was Malachi's youngest child and favorite. ;Malachi: The head of the Family in the old days, until he became the Abandoned and settled in Harrow County. ;Amaryllis: A kindly old woman and the most powerful in the family, she was capable of bending all of reality to her will. She was Malachi's confidant, but was murdered and eaten by Hester Beck. ;Odessa: The head of the family after Malachi leaves. She has a connection to woods and animals. ;Levi: A psychopomp. He guides the dead to the afterlife. When Malachi was the head of the family, Levi would try to find ways to undermine him. ;Mildred: An invisible force of disorder and chaos. ;Willa: A knitting witch, knotting the threads of fate. ;Kaine: A bogeyman able to create fatal nightmares. ;Corbin: A necromancer capable of commanding the dead. ;Old Buck: One of the family that went wild. He was murdered due to Levi's meddling.
Publication history
Harrow County began as a serialized prose story called Countless Haints, written by Cullen Bunn and released on his website. Countless Haints ran for ten chapters before it was retired. Later the story was repurposed as an ongoing comic with artist and co-creator Tyler Crook. The main character Madrigal was renamed Emmy, the time period was shifted from present day to the 1930s, and the location was changed from Ahmen's Landing to Harrow County. When Bunn began working on the series, he wrote the first two arcs so that they told a fairly complete story, though he hoped Harrow County would be popular enough to become an ongoing series. Crook chose to do the book in watercolors to get away from the computer and to make the project more fun for himself. As part of the promotional material for the comic, he created a special ordering form and made process videos showcasing his watercolors. He even wrote music for the first two arcs. During Harrow County’s run, Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook regularly shared their process in a column called The Harrow County Observer, Tyler Crook's YouTube channel, and in the extensive sketchbook sections of the trade paperback collections.
''Tales of Harrow County''
Most issues of Harrow County include Tales of Harrow County backup stories. This extra material was not collected in the trade paperback editions, but they were collected in the hardcover library editions after the series was complete. The one-page story "Lovelorn" was accidentally left out of Harrow County #31, so Dark Horse Comics debuted it as a free online comic.
''Tales from Harrow County''
On September 10, 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced Tales from Harrow County, a spinoff series was announced. The series will feature storylines from many different time periods of Harrow County. Misfit City artist Naomi Franquiz is set to draw the first miniseries, Death's Choir, with Bernice as the protagonist.
Issues
Trade paperbacks
Four months after each arc of Harrow County wrapped up, it was collected in trade paperback.
Library editions
After Harrow County finished, Dark Horse Comics announced that the series would be recollected in library editions. These hardcover volumes print the comics at a larger size and collect all the special features from both the original issues and the trade paperback collections.
Omnibus editions
In 2020, Harrow County was recollected in paperback omnibus editions.
