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History · Harrison Township

Half of Harrison Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Harrison Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1906 on.

0on the National Register
2%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.

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harrison Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19065 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 2002. Watch Harrison Township change.Old burying grounds12 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harrison Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Boggs
1880–1905
Leaper
1880–1933
Moody
1881–1907
Hilton
1891–1912
Angel
1895–1918
Ruby
1899–1905
Hollis
1903–1912
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AngelHiltonHollisLeaperMoodyRuby
Gone or out of use
Angel Post Officepost officeBoggs Post Officepost officeHilton Post Officepost officeHollis Post Officepost officeLeaper Post Officepost officeMoody Post Officepost officeRuby Post Officepost office
12cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harrison Township
DickeyHouckLewisLincoln Ridge ChapelLoucksMacedoniaMcCallsMount CarmelSmithTrotterWaughWhite

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

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
On the map

Harrison Township on the map, 1906 to 2002

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 1906 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1961 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1975 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1985 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 2002 USGS map1906Athalia 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.

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 fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 959.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,063 to 959 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Harrison Township, 1880 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Boggs post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Leaper post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Moody post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Boggs post office closes
  7. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1907Post officeThe Moody post office closes
  9. 1933Post officeThe Leaper post office closes
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
Today3 recent
Open fields on Lincoln Pike2018Open fields on Lincoln PikeLincoln Pike farmstead2018Lincoln Pike farmsteadMap of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Harrison Township2015Map of Gallia County Ohio Highlighting Harrison Towns…Map
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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Jenny HolzerAmerican conceptual artist · b. 1950
Royal RobbinsAmerican rock climber · b. 1935
Brereton C. JonesAmerican politician in Kentucky · b. 1939
Skip BattinAmerican musician · b. 1934
Henry A. CoffeenAmerican politician · b. 1841
Geoffrey D. MillerRetired United States Army Major General · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green TownshipIts storyC−Walnut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay TownshipIts storyDGuyan TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Harrison Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (3), 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.