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Harveysburg dates its founding to 1829 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1830.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harveysburg’s history is told.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereThomas E. Scroggy is born here
Born hereJennie McCowen is born here
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On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Harveysburg.
Harveysburg was platted in 1829 by William Harvey, and named for him. Ardent abolitionists, the Harvey family established the Harvey Free Negro School in 1831. A post office has been in operation at Harveysburg since 1839.
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Passages that mention Harveysburg, cut from the printed page as they were published.
foot, which would be a great undertaking for the young of our present generation. In 1823, Mr. Morris purchased a farm in Clinton Co. with 40 acres cleared, located about eight miles east of Harveysburg. On this farm he remained about thirty years; thence he sold out and bought another farm five miles east of Harveysburg, and there resided eighteen years, when, from advancing yean, and having, by his own labor and industry, accumulated a good competency, he purchased a good residence in Harveysburg, to which he moved in 1871, and here has since lived, retired from all active labor, desiring to enjoy a quiet rest during the bal-
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subject of this sketch, the only son and fourth child of his father, was. born in North Carolina Aug. 17, 1812, and was about two years of age when brought to the dense forests of Ohio, and here grew to manhood, fully inured to pioneer life ; he served two years in the tanning business, one in Harveysburg, and on 3 near Maineville. In 1833 he bought a part of his father’s farm where he first settled, and entered in good earnest upon agricultural pursuits, and here he continued a very successful farming business till 1868, when he retired from the farm and settled in Harveysburg, where he has since resided (except eight months in the winter of 1873-74 spent in Southern California).
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Harveysburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harveysburg.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 99 and 563 people in every census since 1830.
19 censuses, 1830–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Harveysburg’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
In 1829, according to Wikidata. Harveysburg’s post office opened in 1839, and the census of 1830 counted 99 people here.
Two places: the Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School (listed 1977) and the Hatton Farm (1978).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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