Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Harrison Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: old-book passages.
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Harrison Township is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison Township’s history is told.
Another post office, Waverly, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harrison Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Harrison Township is one of fourteen townships in Morgan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,522 and it contained 625 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,522 to 1,566 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Harrison Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
here on the third day of March, 18 19, and among whom were Robert C. Stotts, James A. Laughlen, James Stotts, Nathan Laughlen, W. M. Offield, and himself, and settled in what is now called Harrison Township. I would be pleased to have the space and information, so that I could give the names of all the first settlers of this county, especially those whose date of settlement is not given in the Directory part of this work ; but as the names of almost all of the old settlers that are still Hving
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Harrison Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Harrison Township is more historic than 12% 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.
3% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1980.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.