Harlow is an unincorporated town in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.

[3] The town's population was estimated as high as 100 during its development, but it never incorporated as a city.

[4] Alternative suggestions for the origin of the town's name are either after an official with the railroad or after the Harlow Old Fort House in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

[4] Local resident Ole Ronning (1905-2005), lived on the homestead until moving to Devils Lake in 2000.

[4][5] Ole and his wife, Alma, were known for publishing a comprehensive history of Harlow and the surrounding township in the 1960s.