Harrison Township, Michigan
census-designated place in Macomb County, Michigan, United States
Harrison Charter Township is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 24,314 at the 2020 census.
Harrison Township was formed in 1827 in the Michigan Territory along the shores of Lake St. Clair. The township became a charter township in 1978.
Geography
The township is in southeastern Macomb County, along the northwestern shores of Lake St. Clair. The Clinton River has its mouth in the lake within Harrison Township, and Lake St. Clair Metropark is within the township, along the lakeshore. The township is partially bordered to the west by the city of Mount Clemens, the Macomb county seat.
“Harrison Township, Michigan” enters the record as census-designated place in Macomb County, Michigan, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Harrison, Township and Michigan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2221780. VIAF identifies the subject as 170295489. The Library of Congress control number is n2011023805. Authority coordinates are 42.584, -82.829. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1827 and 1978.
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