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Welcome to Harahan ...The city of Harahan is located in Jefferson Parish<1>. The location of Harahan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Harahan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Harahan has a population of 9,284 people<3> (see below for details). Harahan is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: Harahan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Harahan is within the boundaries of the (504) area code. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Harahan had an population of 9,284 people (or a decrease of 6.08% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Harahan had a population of 9,277 people. This makes Harahan the parish's 3rd most populous community. The population of Harahan represents 0.2% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 37th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 9,277 people, the population of Harahan decreased 6.15% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 9,885 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Harahan. Communities near Harahan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harahan.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harahan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harahan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harahan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harahan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harahan. See our Newspapers Page for Harahan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harahan ...Looking for more information about Harahan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Harahan, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Harahan. Adding Harahan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harahan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Harahan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Harahan. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harahan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jefferson Parish: www.jeffparish.net/ The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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