Harrison’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Harrison. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHarrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 882.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 932 to 882 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1947.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harrison 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.
Start Harrison’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOthniel Looker House, New Haven R…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Harrison, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Othniel Looker House, New Haven Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.