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Harrison County, Iowa

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13historic places

—earliest paper

1851formed

14,582pop. 2020

56cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1981. Most listings are in or near Woodbine, Logan, Dunlap.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Iowa is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Harrison titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Haner, William, Polygonal Barn	Pisgah	Building	1986
Harrison County Courthouse	Logan	Building	1981
I.O.O.F. Hall	Dunlap	Building	2011
Modale School and Masonic Hall	Modale	Building	2014
Murray General Merchandise Store	Little Sioux	Building	1998
Old Harrison County Courthouse	Magnolia	Building	1983
Siebels' Department Store-Boyer Valley Bank	Woodbine	Building	2012
State Savings Bank	Logan	Building	1985
Wheeler, John R., Jr., House	Dunlap	Building	1986
Woodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic District	Woodbine	District	2013
Woodbine Normal and Grade School	Woodbine	Building	2002
Woodbine Public Library	Woodbine	Building	1997
Woodbine Savings Bank	Woodbine	Building	2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Harrison was formed in 1851 (1851-01-15) from Pottawattamie.

HARRISON created from POTTAWATTAMIE and Non-County Area 11 attached to DALLAS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Harrison County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,621	16,649	25,597	24,488	22,767	19,560	17,600	16,348	15,666	14,582

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

56 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 56 of 56 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethel Cemetery	41.62424	-95.70105
Biglers Grove Cemetery	41.73248	-95.77944
Calhoun Cemetery	41.63975	-95.89433
Chambers Cemetery	41.60209	-95.56955
Champan-Frazier Cemetery	None	None
Champlin Cemetery	41.51221	-95.57699
Cleveland Cemetery	41.82777	-95.71973
Conyers Cemetery	41.8058	-96.00393
Cowan-Pardee Cemetery	None	None
Cowan-Pardee Cemetery	41.69996	-95.68928
Cox Cemetery	41.53976	-95.64243
Ellison Cemetery	41.65633	-95.62611
Fountainbleau Cemetery	None	None
Fountainbleau Cemetery	41.82962	-95.99665
Frazier Cemetery	41.59332	-95.83778
Graybill Cemetery	41.50967	-95.58145
Greenwood Cemetery	41.67279	-95.72569
Harris Grove Cemetery	None	None
Harris Grove Cemetery	41.57801	-95.72586
Hauger Cemetery	41.63888	-96.05029
Hauger-Rumbaugh Cemetery	None	None
Hawkins Cemetery	None	None
Hawkins Cemetery	41.6459	-95.63551
Henderson Cemetery	None	None
Henderson Cemetery	41.62272	-95.69093
Hodges Cemetery	41.76943	-95.77945
Hodges-Purcell Cemetery	None	None
Linwood Cemetery	41.55905	-95.75042
Little Sioux Cemetery	41.80248	-96.00695
Logan Cemetery	None	None
Logan Cemetery	41.64876	-95.78432
Lytle Cemetery	41.56285	-95.55534
Magnolia Cemetery	41.69	-95.88086
McGavern Cemetery	41.63347	-95.74199
Mefferd Cemetery	41.70836	-95.66765
Mefford Cemetery	None	None
Mondamin Cemetery	41.71888	-96.03196
Mount Carmel Cemetery	41.5665	-95.89026
Noyes Cemetery	41.7188	-96.033
Oak Grove Cemetery	41.51631	-95.86555
Old Frazier Cemetery	41.57221	-95.88918
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	41.84454	-95.59366
Purcell Cemetery	None	None
Purcell Cemetery	41.74159	-95.81661
Rose Hill Memorial Gardens	41.56548	-95.88885
Ruffcorn Cemetery	41.75732	-96.02152
Saint Bridgets Cemetery	None	None
Schley Cemetery	41.55555	-95.54195
Silver Hill Cemetery	41.68963	-95.79245
Soldier Valley Cemetery	41.79174	-95.95473
Spears Cemetery	41.50967	-95.58156
Valley View Cemetery	41.58172	-95.6325
Woodbine Cemetery	None	None
Woodbine Cemetery	41.74675	-95.7146
Yutesler Cemetery	None	None
Yutesler Cemetery	41.66842	-96.03729

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen	41.80499	-95.81862
Baird	41.7986	-95.65445
Union Burg	41.53916	-95.64167

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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