An kafa garin ne a 1890 ta Pioneer Column, karamin rundunar soji na Kamfanin Afirka ta Kudu na Burtaniya, kuma aka sanya masa suna Fort Salisbury bayan firaministan Burtaniya Lord Salisbury. Masu kula da Kamfanin sun rarraba garin kuma sun gudanar da shi har sai Rhodesia ta Kudu ta sami gwamnati mai alhakin a 1923. Salisbury daga nan ne wurin zama na gwamnatin Rhodesian ta Kudu (daga baya Rhodesian) kuma, tsakanin 1953 zuwa 1963, babban birnin Tarayyar Afirka ta Tsakiya. Ya riƙe sunan Salisbury har zuwa 1982, lokacin da aka sake masa suna Harare a ranar cika shekaru biyu da samun 'yancin kan Zimbabwe. Tambaya: Yaushe kuma menene aka sake sunan Salisbury?
1982, lokacin da aka sake masa suna Harare