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History · Harris

25% of Harris’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Harris’ 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 Harris are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Harris, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harris yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Harris is a town located in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. According to the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 748. The census-designated place of Harrisville is located in the town. Both the community and the town were named for James Harris, who became the first postmaster when the community's post office opened in March 1851. The village of Westfield is adjacent to the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 790 to 748 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Harris, 1851 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Harrisville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Harrisville post office closes
  5. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Harris on the map, 1961 to 1984

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

Harris on the 1961 USGS mapHarris on the 1984 USGS map1961Montello 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 Harris.

Famous people

Famous people close to Harris

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

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Emma GillettFeminist law school teacher · b. 1852
Cyril Adelbert StebbinsAmerican educator and agriculturalist · b. 1880
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George R. CurrieAmerican judge · b. 1900
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Jim SmithAmerican ice hockey administrator · b. 1957
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Harrisville
1cemetery inside Harris
Sheldon

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.

WestfieldIts storyB−PackwaukeeIts storyB−NewtonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShieldsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.