Half of Harrison’s homes were built after 2002
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #342 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Most of Harrison was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1911 on.
About Harrison’s history
How historic is Harrison?
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Harrison’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Harrison is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #342 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Harrison’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Harrison’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Start Harrison’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison’s history is told.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Darboy, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Harrison on the map, 1911 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Harrison. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1911Neenah sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Harrison.
Harrison, 1877 to 1911
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1877Post officeThe Darboy post office opens
- 20th century
- 1901Post officeThe Darboy post office closes
- 1911
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.
Famous people close to Harrison
Nobody well known was born in Harrison itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Harrison’s history
How does Harrison rank for history?
Harrison is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #342 of 362 in Wisconsin. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Harrison?
5% of Harrison’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 2002.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
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.