The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHarpster is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 160 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 204 to 160 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harpster yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Harpster’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harpster’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCharles H. Lewis-hec.17077, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Harpster
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Harpster, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Harpster is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Harpster has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Armstrong Farm in Crane, 4.3 miles away.
Harpster and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Charles H. Lewis-hec.17077 (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.