Welcome to Harris ...

Harris is located in Benton County<1>.

The location of Harris has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harris, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Harris is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Harris lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Harris: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Harris ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Harris: This one is located in Benton County and the other is located in Wallowa County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 49 communities that are also named Harris - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harris.

Communities near Harris ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harris.

• Corvallis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvallis
  • Corvallis is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,093 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corvallis <5>
• Albany
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
  • Albany is located in Linn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,129 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <5>
• Philomath
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philomath
  • Philomath is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philomath <5>
• Tangent
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangent
  • Tangent is located in Linn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tangent <5>
• Falls City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Falls City is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <5>
• Adair Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adair Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Village
  • Adair Village is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
• Monroe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <5>
• Flynn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
  • Flynn is located in Benton County
• Summit
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Summit is located in Benton County
• Kings Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
  • Kings Valley is located in Benton County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Valley <5>

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 Harris. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harris.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harris. 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 Harris.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris. See our Newspapers Page for Harris.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harris ...

Looking for more information about Harris? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Harris, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harris.

Adding Harris to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harris 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 Harris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Harris post office opened in 1893.

We also found Harris in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harris.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harris. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Benton County: www.co.benton.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/