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History · Harrison Township

48% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Harrison Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harrison Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Beechy Mire
1846–1901
Kitchel
1901–1951
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Five PointsKitchelWitts Station
Gone or out of use
Beechy Mire Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harrison Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Harrison Township, in brief

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 six townships in Union County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 429 and it contained 176 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 416 to 429 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Harrison Township, 1846 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Beechy Mire post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Beechy Mire post office closes
  5. 1901Post officeThe Kitchel post office opens
  6. 1951Post officeThe Kitchel post office closes
  7. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

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.

Harrison Township on the 1960 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1986 USGS map1960Liberty sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harrison Township.

People over time

Harrison Township, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 741

Between 406 and 741 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Harrison Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Harrison Township

Nobody well known was born in Harrison Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Sherwood AndersonAmerican writer · b. 1876
Ambrose BurnsideAmerican general and politician · b. 1824
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Mary HaasAmerican linguist; studied historical linguisti… · b. 1910
Desmond BaneAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
Norman FosterAmerican film director and actor · b. 1903
Ned RoremAmerican composer and diarist · b. 1923
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Boston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrownsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter Township3 historic placesA+

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.