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History · Harrison

30% of Harrison’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Harrison’s 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 Harrison are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harrison, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Harrison’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Northland
1890–1938
Reams
1893–1904
Norske
1900–1907
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
NorskeNorthlandSchmidt Corner
Gone or out of use
Alban ChapelchurchHarrison Center SchoolschoolNorthland SchoolschoolSelmer Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Harrison
Northland

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

The story so far

Harrison, in brief

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

Harrison is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 459 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Northland, Norske, and Schmidt Corner are located in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 468 in 2010, 459 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Harrison, 1890 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Northland post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Reams post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Norske post office opens
  6. 1904Post officeThe Reams post office closes
  7. 1907Post officeThe Norske post office closes
  8. 1938Post officeThe Northland post office closes
  9. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Harrison on the map, 1970 to 1984

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

Harrison on the 1970 USGS mapHarrison on the 1984 USGS map1970Tigerton NW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harrison.

Famous people

Famous people close to Harrison

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

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Tyler BiadaszAmerican football player · b. 1997
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Dylan PageAmerican basketball player · b. 1982
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Dave KriegAmerican football player · b. 1958
Reid Fred MurrayAmerican politician · b. 1887
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Chester L. KrauseAmerican numismatist and publisher · b. 1923
George B. NelsonJustice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court · b. 1876
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

GermaniaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWyomingIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlbanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIolaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairbanksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.