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History · Harrison Township

Half of Harrison Township’s homes were built after 2002

Most of Harrison Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1946 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%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 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Goshen Prairie
1850–1851
Goshen
1854–1904
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Goshen
Gone or out of use
Cain SchoolschoolHamblin SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Harrison Township
Goshen

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 a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Harrison Township was established in 1843, and most likely named in honor of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 226 to 220 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Harrison Township, 1850 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Goshen Prairie post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe Goshen Prairie post office closes
  4. 1854Post officeThe Goshen post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Goshen post office closes
  7. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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, 1946 to 1984

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 1946 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1984 USGS map1946Princeton sheet · 1:62,500

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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Madison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLindley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCainsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorgan Township1 historic placeA−Madison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrail Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, 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.