Town of Harrison, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

Business counts are published only at the county level: County Business Patterns 2023 covers Marathon County as a whole, with no town-level establishment count.

No list of major employers located in the Town of Harrison was found in a primary source.

The fire and EMS provider serving the Town of Harrison was not identified in a source read this session.

No library or post office inside the town was identified; town officers use Aniwa and Antigo mailing addresses.

No newspaper of record for Harrison notices was identified in a town document read this session.

No parks, trails or public lake access in the town were identified in a primary source read this session.

The origin of the town's name and its founding date were not found in a source read this session.

The municipality is the Town of Harrison, a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census county subdivision GEOID 5507332900).

Harrison is a town governed by a town chairman and two supervisors, not a city or village.

Wisconsin has several other municipalities named Harrison: towns in Calumet, Grant, Lincoln and Waupaca counties and a Village of Harrison in Calumet and Outagamie counties. This profile covers only the Marathon County town (DOA code 37038).

The town describes itself as part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The unincorporated community of Snell lies in the town, and the unincorporated community of Hogarty lies partly in it.

The town sits in the northeastern corner of Marathon County.

The Town of Harrison covers 36.654 square miles of land and 0.028 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 45.0684, -89.306422.

The town hall is at 242582 County Road Y, with an Aniwa, WI 54408 mailing address.

The 2020 Census counted 312 residents in the Town of Harrison.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates Harrison's population at 315 as of January 1, 2025.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Harrison's population is 374 (+/-121).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in Harrison is 48.7 years (+/-9.3).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in Harrison is $54,318 (+/-$11,263).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in Harrison is $99,700 (+/-$46,811).

Harrison had 418 residents in 143 households at the 2000 census.

Ron Zimmerman is Town Chairman.

Evan Skarlupka and Scott Olson are Town Supervisors.

Kathy Kloes is Town Clerk, reachable at 715-623-6931 and [email address]

Kathy Schultz is Town Treasurer.

The town contracts assessment to Moeller Assessments, LLC of Wausau.

The Town Board meets at the town hall at 6:00 p.m. on a date set at the prior meeting, usually a Tuesday; 2026 meetings included Tuesday May 19 and Tuesday June 9, and the August meeting was posted for Monday, August 10.

Agendas, minutes and packets post on the town website's Agendas & Minutes page and as News & Notices items, with email and text subscriptions available.

Board meetings are audio recorded and allow three minutes of public comment per person, with speakers registering with the clerk at least five minutes before the meeting.

The Town Chairman has called a Special Hearing of the Town Electors for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the town hall.

The town's Comprehensive Plan dates from 2003 and is being updated, and the board has begun a Town Road plan.

The Wisconsin Municipal Data System lists the Harrison clerk at 183770 Brookside Road, Antigo, WI 54409-7104.

The whole town lies within the Antigo Unified School District.

The Antigo Unified School District (NCES 5500360), based at 120 S Dorr St in Antigo, runs 4 schools from PK-12 and enrolled 1,899 students in 2024-25.

The chairman reports that expected broadband assistance was cut back by federal budget reductions and that more high-speed internet in the area will likely come from Starlink.

The town received $8,554.88 in state emergency funds for the March 31, 2025 ice storm and expects $11,208.75 for the July 19, 2025 tornado.

Recent road work included new red granite on Springbrook ($11,333.70) and Zdanovec ($8,158.50) and repair on Damitz Road ($1,770); the June 2026 agenda lists a vote on engineering for restructuring Bear Lake Road.

A dispute over January 2024 damage to Hansen Road settled out of court, with the town receiving $21,000.

The town hall is available for private events by town residents, with a deposit and a Building Use Agreement.

The town requires building permits before construction, including mobile home installation; permits come from the clerk, and a new residential building permit costs $50.

The 2026 civic calendar set Open Book with the assessor for August 19 (3-5 p.m.) and Board of Review for August 26 (5-7 p.m.) at the town hall, which is also the polling place for the August 11 primary and the November 3 general election.