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 Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,020 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,039 people in 2010, 1,020 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1970.
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+10Famous people close to Harrison
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Harrison, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
1 historic place in Harrison
1 place in Harrison is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
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.