Welcome to Harbor City ...

So far, we found very little information about Harbor City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harbor City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harbor City, please Contact Us.

Harbor City was located on the Gulf Coast.

Harbor City would have been located within present day San Patricio County<2>.

The location of Harbor City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harbor City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harbor City is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Harbor City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Harbor City would have been located in the (361) area code.

Communities Also Named Harbor City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harbor City - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Harbor City ...

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

• Corpus Christi
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corpus Christi
  • Corpus Christi is located in Nueces County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 327,248 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corpus Christi <5>
• Portland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Portland is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <5>
• Rockport
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Rockport is located in Aransas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <5>
• Ingleside
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
  • Ingleside is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ingleside <5>
• Aransas Pass
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aransas Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aransas Pass
  • Aransas Pass is located in Aransas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,496 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aransas Pass <5>
• Port Aransas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Aransas
  • Port Aransas is located in Nueces County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Aransas <5>
• Taft
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
  • Taft is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <5>
• Gregory
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <5>
• Fulton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
  • Fulton is located in Aransas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <5>
• Bayside
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
  • Bayside is located in Refugio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayside <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 Harbor City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harbor City.

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

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

Adding Harbor City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harbor City in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Harbor City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Harbor City post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbor City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/