Harshaw is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located in
Oneida County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. Harshaw is west-northwest of
Rhinelander, in the town of
Cassian. Harshaw has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 54529. The community was named after
Henry B. Harshaw, who was the treasurer of Wisconsin when Charles Norway established the post office in March 1851. The population in zip code 54529 is 1,167.
Notable people
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Mike Webster
Michael Lewis Webster (March 18, 1952September 24, 2002) was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Footb ...
Hall of Fame NFL center
References
Unincorporated communities in Oneida County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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