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History · Harbor Isle

18% of Harbor Isle’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1897 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0

What stands out about Harbor Isle’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 Harbor Isle are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18976 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1979. Watch Harbor Isle change.Old housesHalf of Harbor Isle’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harbor Isle’s history is told.

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On the map

Harbor Isle on the map, 1897 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Harbor Isle. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Harbor Isle on the 1897 USGS mapHarbor Isle on the 1903 USGS mapHarbor Isle on the 1947 USGS mapHarbor Isle on the 1954 USGS mapHarbor Isle on the 1966 USGS mapHarbor Isle on the 1979 USGS map1897Hempstead 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 Harbor Isle.

The story

How Harbor Isle came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Harbor Isle.

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In the 1950s, a proposal was made for Harbor Isle to be annexed by the adjacent village, Island Park. The proposal ultimately was defeated, and Harbor Isle remains an unincorporated hamlet to this day.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Harbor Isle, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Harbor Isle

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

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Harvey MilkAmerican politician and gay rights activist · b. 1930
Harold E. VarmusAmerican scientist · b. 1939
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Method ManAmerican rapper and actor · b. 1971
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Mike PortnoyAmerican drummer · b. 1967
Michael RosenbaumAmerican actor · b. 1972
Ed LauterAmerican film and television actor · b. 1938
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Harbor Isle’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.