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From Wikipedia’s history of Harrison Township.
Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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History · Harrison Township
55% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 90% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm. Its Register listing is the Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm. Below: maps from 1960 on.
1on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
About Harrison Township’s history
How historic is Harrison Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 90% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Harrison Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Harrison Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Harrison Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194054.5% of homes (±19.1) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%A+National Register1 listing, 7.6 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 90%
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Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Harrison Township’s 7.6 sits near the middle of its state (59% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±19.1 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Harrison Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Harrison Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Harrison Township on the map, 1960 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Harrison Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1960Shirley sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harrison Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Harrison Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Vernacular Greek Revival1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Harrison Township’s history
How does Harrison Township rank for history?
Harrison Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Harrison Township?
One place: the Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm (listed 1983).
How old are the homes in Harrison Township?
55% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±19.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1938.
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.