Harrison

City · Hamilton County · 12,644 residents · 1% municipal income tax

Hamilton County

Local events in Harrison

63 events in the next 90 days from 3 public calendars. All local events in Harrison

  1. Teen Passive Book Club: October

    Oct 1 to 31 · Harrison Branch Library · From Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

  2. Yard Waste Clean-Up

    9 a.m. to 2 p.m. · 510 Industrial Drive · From City of Harrison public meetings

  3. Teen Passive Book Club: November

    Nov 1 to 30 · Harrison Branch Library · From Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Lakes near Harrison

The history under the water: the valley before, the dam, the stories. All Ohio lakes

How Harrison began

Harrison, on Hamilton County's western edge along the Whitewater River, was founded in 1810 and named for William Henry Harrison, then a militia general and later the ninth U.S. president. A stagecoach inn called the Eighteen Mile House, doubling as a post office, was already standing by 1800, and Ohio's fifth governor, Othniel Looker, built a house nearby in 1804 that still stands on New Haven Road; both are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Whitewater Canal reached the town during its 1836-1847 construction, and on July 13, 1863, Confederate cavalry under John Hunt Morgan passed through Harrison as part of its raid across southern Ohio. The town incorporated in 1850 and became a city in 1981, growing slowly through the 19th century (173 residents in 1830, 1,560 by 1880) before reaching 12,563 by 2020.

Settled by 1800 (Eighteen Mile House already standing), platted 1810, incorporated village, 1850; city, 1981.

Where the name comes from

Harrison was named for William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), a decorated general in the Northwest Indian War and War of 1812, later Ohio and Indiana Territory legislator and, briefly in 1841, the ninth president of the United States.

Before the town

No Native village, mound, or documented encounter specific to Harrison itself was found in the sources consulted.

Timeline

  1. — The Eighteen Mile House, a stagecoach inn and later post office, is already standing southeast of the future town, on the road that would become Harrison Pike.
  2. — Othniel Looker, a Revolutionary War veteran who would become Ohio's fifth governor, builds a house east of Harrison on what is now New Haven Road.
  3. — Harrison is founded and named for William Henry Harrison.
  4. — Othniel Looker, as Speaker of the Ohio Senate, becomes Ohio's fifth governor on March 24 when Return J. Meigs Jr. resigns to become U.S. Postmaster General; Looker serves until December 8, 1814, then loses his bid for a full term to Thomas Worthington.
  5. — Population is 173.
  6. — The 76-mile Whitewater Canal is built, with Harrison as one of its few Ohio stops.
  7. — Harrison incorporates.
  8. — Harrison Township is formally organized, split from the combined Crosby and Whitewater township area.
  9. — Confederate cavalry under General John Hunt Morgan passes through Harrison on July 13 during Morgan's Raid across southern Ohio; according to Wikipedia's article on Harrison, the raiders burned the nearby Whitewater River bridge, a detail we found in no other source.
  10. — The first train reaches Harrison; a rail depot is built in 1882.
  11. — Population reaches 1,560.
  12. — Harrison becomes a city.
  13. — Census population reaches 12,563.

Stories

A governor's house on the road out of town

Othniel Looker had already lived several lives by the time he built his house east of Harrison in 1804: born in 1757 in New Jersey or New York, he enlisted as a teenage private in the Revolutionary War, taught school in Vermont and New York, served in the New York State Assembly, and only then moved to Hamilton County in 1804, the same year he raised his new home. He worked his way up through the Ohio legislature over the following decade, and as Speaker of the Ohio Senate he found himself elevated to governor almost by accident on March 24, 1814, when sitting governor Return J. Meigs Jr. resigned mid-term to become U.S. Postmaster General. Looker's governorship lasted less than nine months; he lost the next election decisively to Thomas Worthington and never held the office again. But the house he built as a private citizen outlasted his brief turn at the state's highest office by more than two centuries, restored today by Harrison's own village historical society and opened to the public as one of the town's two federal-era landmarks, alongside the roadside inn known as the Eighteen Mile House that had already been standing on the same road for years before Harrison existed as a town at all.

Photographs

The Eighteen Mile House, a stagecoach inn and former post office standing by 1800, southeast of Harrison
The Eighteen Mile House, a stagecoach inn and former post office standing by 1800, southeast of Harrison (2010)
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Othniel Looker House, built 1804, home of Ohio's fifth governor, on New Haven Road east of Harrison
The Othniel Looker House, built 1804, home of Ohio's fifth governor, on New Haven Road east of Harrison (undated (HABS survey))
Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

2 places in Harrison on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Campbell, Hugh, HouseBuilding · Harrison · listed 1976
    Address
    332 Weathervane Rd.
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County · ZIP 45030
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001448
    Coordinates
    39.25084, -84.81179
  2. John, Jehu, HouseBuilding · Harrison · listed 1975
    Address
    E of Harrison on Stone Dr.
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County · ZIP 45030
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001428
    Coordinates
    39.25794, -84.79674

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

Every historic place in Hamilton County on the full map

Water

Great Miami Aquifer via 7 wells in two well fields: 4 wells at the Harrison Water Well Field, 329 Thomas Lane, Harrison OH, and 3 wells at 153 Harrison-Brookville Rd., West Harrison, Indiana. Emergency/backup interconnection with Tri-Township Water Corporation (Bright, IN). The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Harrison's boundary: 1 health center, 1 dialysis center, 1 nursing home, 2 fire and EMS stations, 5 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Community health centers (1)

  1. Crossroad Health Center HarrisonHealth center · Harrison
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Harrison
    Coordinates
    39.26249, -84.79063

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.

Dialysis centers (1)

  1. Davita Harrison DialysisDialysis · Harrison
    Address
    10475 Harrison Ave, Harrison, OH 45030
    Dialysis stations
    13
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    2014-01-22
    Phone
    (513) 202-0373
    Medicare ID
    362806

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).

Nursing homes (1)

  1. Harrison Trail Health Campus5 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    10460 Progress Way, Harrison, OH 45030
    Certified beds
    54
    Residents on an average day
    50
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES
    Continuing care retirement community
    Yes
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (513) 845-1465
    Medicare ID
    366483

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Harrison Fire Department Station 56Harrison
    Address
    200 Harrison Avenue, Harrison, OH 45030
    Coordinates
    39.26174, -84.81831
  2. Harrison Fire Department Station 57Harrison
    Address
    10250 West Road, Harrison, OH 45030
    Coordinates
    39.25509, -84.78748

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.

Public schools (5)

  1. Harrison Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    600 E Broadway St, Harrison, OH 45030
    School district
    Southwest Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    645
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24.53
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    81.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    015396
    NCES school ID
    390473802877
  2. Harrison Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    9840 West Rd, Harrison, OH 45030
    School district
    Southwest Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,069
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    45.26
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    064378
    NCES school ID
    390473802878
  3. Miami Whitewater Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    9850 West Rd, Harrison, OH 45030
    School district
    Southwest Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    678
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    33.21
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    024430
    NCES school ID
    390473802880
  4. Wildcat Pathways Academy2 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    9999 West Rd, Harrison, OH 45030
    School district
    Southwest Local School District
    Report card, 2025-26
    2 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    48.3%
    Four-year graduation rate
    67.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    021593
    NCES school ID
    390473810914
  5. William Henry Harrison High School3.5 of 5 stars · Harrison
    Address
    9860 West Rd, Harrison, OH 45030
    School district
    Southwest Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,186
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    42.78
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    78.3%
    Four-year graduation rate
    95.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    041368
    NCES school ID
    390473802881

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Private schools (1)

  1. Spark Christian AcademyPrivate, religious, independent · Hamilton
    Address
    1606 Hine Rd, Hamilton, OH 45013
    Kind
    religious, independent
    Students, 2023-24
    32
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    2
    Students per teacher
    16
    Phone
    (513) 788-1817
    NCES private school ID
    A2390424

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. HarrisonBranch · Harrison
    Address
    10398 New Haven Rd, Harrison, OH 45030
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
    Open
    3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    16,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    4,091,256
    System's loans, FY2024
    20,126,186
    People the system serves
    830,639
    Phone
    (513) 369-4442

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)

  1. American Watchmakers-Clockmakers InstituteMuseum · Harrison
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Harrison
    Coordinates
    39.24996, -84.76981

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  2. Village Historical SocietyHistorical society · Harrison
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Harrison
    Coordinates
    39.26226, -84.81860

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.

Police stations (1)

  1. Harrison City Police DepartmentHarrison
    Address
    311 Harrison Avenue, Harrison, OH 45030
    Coordinates
    39.26240, -84.81660

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)

  1. Glenmoor CoToxics Release Inventory · Harrison
    Address
    119 May Dr., Harrison, OH 45030
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45030GLNMR119MA
    EPA registry ID
    110012705910
  2. Harrison IronworksToxics Release Inventory · Harrison
    Address
    200 Industrial Drive, Harrison, OH 45030
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45030HMLTN200IN
    EPA registry ID
    110000392307
  3. Heartland Engineered Products LlcToxics Release Inventory · Harrison
    Address
    355 Industrial Drive, Harrison, OH 45030
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45030TRBCK355IN
    EPA registry ID
    110001629970
  4. Heyob EnergyToxics Release Inventory · Harrison
    Address
    111 May Dr, Harrison, OH 45030
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45030JHNHY111MA
    EPA registry ID
    110000392316
  5. Jtm Provisions Company, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Harrison
    Address
    200 Sales Drive, Harrison, OH 45030
    County
    Hamilton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4503WJTMPR2SALE
    EPA registry ID
    110039142843

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.

Spills reported since 2021 (4)

  1. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-07-18 · Harrison
    Reported
    2025-07-18
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    250 gallons
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001200
  2. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2025-04-05 · Harrison
    Reported
    2025-04-05
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000508
  3. Material Black Reached water2024-03-29 · Harrison
    Reported
    2024-03-29
    What spilled
    Material Black
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000491
  4. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-06-22 · Harrison
    Reported
    2023-06-22
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Where
    Harrison, Hamilton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0001032

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Harrison, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

Local government

Who holds office in Harrison, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council at Large Tanner Dole (REP) 1,192, 19.06%; Patty VanCleve (REP) 1,088, 17.4%; Edward Whitt (REP) 1,082, 17.3%; William A. Neyer (REP) 1,012, 16.18%; Kathie J. Ragar-Lawyer 952, 15.22%; Brad William Noes 927, 14.82%
2025-05-06 Member of Council at Large (REP primary) Tanner Dole (REP) 588, 17.94%; William A. Neyer (REP) 571, 17.42%; Patty VanCleve (REP) 562, 17.15%; Edward Whitt (REP) 499, 15.23%; Billy Joe Richardson (REP) 491, 14.98%; Douglas L. Abrams, Jr. (REP) 355, 10.83%; Ray Acra (REP) 211, 6.44%
2023-11-07 Member of Council at Large (REP primary) Ryan Samuels (REP) 2,395, 34.58%; Jean L. Wilson (REP) 2,325, 33.57%; Anthony Egner (REP) 2,206, 31.85%
2023-11-07 Mayor (REP primary) Ryan P. Grubbs (REP) 3,377, 100.0%
2023-05-02 Member of Council at Large - Republican (REP primary) Ryan Samuels (REP) 389, 35.99%; Jean L. Wilson (REP) 368, 34.04%; Anthony Egner (REP) 324, 29.97%
2023-05-02 Mayor - Republican (REP primary) Ryan P. Grubbs (REP) 328, 57.75%; William Neyer (REP) 240, 42.25%
2021-11-02 Member of Council at Large (OTH primary) Lexis Dole (REP) 1,297, 25.8%; Ryan P. Grubbs (REP) 1,158, 23.04%; Jerry W. Wilson (REP) 911, 18.12%; Mike Mains (OTH) 892, 17.74%; Joe Combs (OTH) 769, 15.3%
2021-05-04 MEMBER OF COUNCIL AT LARGE (REP primary) Matt Hackworth (REP) 279, 25.43%; Ryan P. Grubbs (REP) 267, 24.34%; Mark Robbe (REP) 223, 20.33%; Jerry W. Wilson (REP) 207, 18.87%; Kamela M. Barrier (REP) 121, 11.03%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

The county

Hamilton County: 54 ZIP codes, 47 cities, villages and townships, 843,791 people.

Nearby places

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Harrison, day by day, from 1896 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
0.86 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
42.1 in
2.7 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
12.6 in
a normal year brings 18.1 in
a normal year
46.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.86 — 29
September 2026 4.99 — 30
August 2026 5.78 — 31
July 2026 3.87 — 31
June 2026 5.69 — 30
May 2026 6.92 — 31
April 2026 4.09 — 30
March 2026 7.34 0.4 31
February 2026 1.23 3.3 28
January 2026 1.36 8.9 31
December 2025 2.15 10.7 31
November 2025 4.05 1.8 30
On the record, 1896–2026
Wettest year2011 — 78.2 in
Driest year1934 — 22.3 in
Snowiest year1917 — 49.0 in
Wettest day on record5 March 1897 — 4.90 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day8 December 1917 — 13.08 in
Deepest snow on the ground20 December 1919 — 30.00 in

Mostly estimated. Only 2% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Harrison - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

43,529 days of records, 1896-09-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for Harrison: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
24
those placed on the map inside Harrison
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Air pollution7
Wastewater and stormwater discharge6
Hazardous waste5
Public drinking water2
Sewer and water-line construction2
Landfills1
Source-water protection1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
HARRISON WWTP Sewer and water-line construction permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
OAKLAND HILLS SECTION 2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
AMECO Air pollution permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
HARRISON WWTP Sewer and water-line construction permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
CROSBY-HARRISON COMPRESSOR STATION Air pollution report
AMECO Air pollution permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water report
DETZEL'S COLLISION & AUTO BODY Air pollution report
COATING SYSTEMS INC Air pollution report
HARRISON LANDFILL Landfills inspection
HAM-74-000 (PID 120802) Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HARRISON LANDFILL Landfills report
HARRISON TOWN CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
HAM CR 14 349 DRY FORK RD (PID 118472) Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CROSBY-HARRISON COMPRESSOR STATION Air pollution permit
HAM CR 14 349 DRY FORK RD (PID 118472) Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HARRISON CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
HARRISON COMPRESSOR STATION Air pollution permit

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

Quick answers

What county is Harrison, Ohio in?

Harrison is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, with 12,644 residents.

When was Harrison, Ohio founded?

Harrison was settled by 1800 (Eighteen Mile House already standing); laid out 1810; incorporated village, 1850; city, 1981. Source

How did Harrison, Ohio get its name?

Harrison was named for William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), a decorated general in the Northwest Indian War and War of 1812, later Ohio and Indiana Territory legislator and, briefly in 1841, the ninth president of the United States. Source

What ZIP code is Harrison, Ohio?

Most of Harrison is in ZIP code 45030.

Where does Harrison, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Harrison (Harrison City): Great Miami Aquifer via 7 wells in two well fields: 4 wells at the Harrison Water Well Field, 329 Thomas Lane, Harrison OH, and 3 wells at 153 Harrison-Brookville Rd., West Harrison, Indiana. Emergency/backup interconnection with Tri-Township Water Corporation (Bright, IN).

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