The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Harris had its start in the year 1889 by the building of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway through Fairview Township. It was named for one of its founders, A. W. Harris. Homer E. Richards was postmaster of Harris from 1900 until 1910; after being elected county treasurer he relocated his family to Sibley on 1 January 1911.
Harris has acted as a city since 1903, the year the Rock Island Line took over the railroad. But incorporation papers could not be found in county nor state archives, so by legislative act effective 1 July 1979 the incorporation of the City of Harris was legalized.
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Start Harris’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harris’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Harris, decade by decade
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Nothing in Harris is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Harris has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Trappers Bay State Park Picnic Shelter in Lake Park, 5.2 miles away.
Harris and the nearest listed places
Closest to Harris
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.