Crime Scene & Biohazard Cleanup Near West Harrison Harrison, OH

Harrison was laid out in 1810 and named in honor of William Henry Harrison, then a decorated general and state legislator who later became the ninth President of the United States.

Harrison was incorporated in 1850 but did not become a city until 1981.

Harrison was the home of Othneil Looker, the fifth governor of Ohio.

Harrison was one of the few Ohio stops on the Whitewater Canal, a 76-mile canal built between 1836 and 1847.

On July 13, 1863, Confederate Morgan's Raiders passed through Harrison, taking fresh horses and burning the bridge over the Whitewater River.

Parts of Harrison were devastated by an F4 tornado on June 2, 1990, but were quickly rebuilt.

Harrison's population jumped from 9,897 in 2010 to 12,563 at the 2020 census, and the Census Bureau estimated it at 13,795 by 2025.

The 2020 census counted 4,851 households in Harrison, with an average household size of 2.61 people.

Recent Census survey figures put Harrison at about 4,994 households, roughly 75% of them owner-occupied, with a median owner-occupied home value of $229,400.

Harrison sits on the Indiana state line, bordered to the west by West Harrison, Indiana, and Interstate 74 runs through the city linking Cincinnati, about 21 miles away, with Indianapolis.