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History · Harrison Township

49% of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1912 on.

0on the National Register
49%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.On the map since 19123 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1961. Watch Harrison Township change.Old housesHalf of Harrison Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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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.
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, 1912 to 1961

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 1912 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1943 USGS mapHarrison Township on the 1961 USGS map1912Gambier 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 twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 854 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 806 to 854 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Harrison Township, 1872 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Pipesville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Pipesville post office closes
  5. 1912On 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
Today1 recent
Map of Knox County Ohio Highlighting Harrison Township2015Map of Knox County Ohio Highlighting Harrison TownshipMap
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.

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Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Pipesville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ArtannaPipesville
Gone or out of use
Burtnit SchoolschoolFerembaugh SchoolschoolHorn SchoolschoolMount Zion SchoolschoolPipesville Post Officepost officeRoss SchoolschoolSchool Number 6school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harrison Township
BethelGroveMount Zion

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Butler TownshipIts storyC+College Township4 historic placesA+Howard TownshipIts storyC−Clay Township1 historic placeAPleasant TownshipIts storyB−Morgan TownshipIts storyC+

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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 (1), 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.