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History · Harrison Township

47% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1914 on.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Harrison Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harrison Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1947.On the map since 19144 editions of the USGS map, 1914 to 1973. Watch Harrison Township change.
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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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewOthniel Looker House, New Haven Road: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

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

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

Middleburgh
1833–1835
Stony Point
1846–1849
Springhill
1849–1906
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Springhills
Gone or out of use
Craft SchoolschoolSalem SchoolschoolSchool Number 5schoolSpeece SchoolschoolSpringhill Post Officepost officeWesley Chapel Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harrison Township
CallandCraigHewlingSalemSpring HillsSullivansWesley ChapelZiegler

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 the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 882.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 932 to 882 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Harrison Township, 1833 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Middleburgh post office opens
  3. 1835Post officeThe Middleburgh post office closes
  4. 1846Post officeThe Stony Point post office opens
  5. 1849Post officeThe Stony Point post office closes
  6. 1849Post officeThe Springhill post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906Post officeThe Springhill post office closes
  9. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Harrison Township, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Othniel Looker House, New Haven RoadDate?Othniel Looker House, New Haven RoadEighteen Mile House, East on U.S. Route 52Date?Eighteen Mile House, East on U.S. Route 52
Today4 recent
Map of Champaign County Ohio Highlighting Harrison Township2015Map of Champaign County Ohio Highlighting Harrison To…MapSpringhills Presbyterian Church2010Springhills Presbyterian ChurchSpringhills Ohio from the southeast2008Springhills Ohio from the southeastOHMap-doton-Springhills2007OHMap-doton-Springhills
On the map

Harrison Township on the map, 1914 to 1973

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 1914 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1944 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1961 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1973 USGS map1914St Paris 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.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Othniel Looker House, New Haven Road
Retake this viewOthniel Looker House, New Haven Road

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Harrison Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
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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Clancy BrownAmerican actor · b. 1959
Kin HubbardAmerican cartoonist · b. 1868
M
Melville J. HerskovitsAmerican anthropologist · b. 1895
Robert L. EichelbergerUnited States Army general commanding the US Ei… · b. 1886
Ed RatleffAmerican basketball player · b. 1950
Brand WhitlockAmerican diplomat · b. 1869
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storyB−Adams TownshipIts storyB+Concord TownshipIts storyB−Salem Township2 historic placesA

Questions about Harrison Township’s history

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Sources

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), the Library of Congress (2), 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.