Welcome to Harris ...
So far, we found very little information about Harris. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Harris to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harris, please Contact Us.
Harris would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>.
The location of Harris has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Harris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Harris is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Harris was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Harris still existed, it would have been in the (540) area code.
Communities Also Named Harris ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Harris: This one is located in Louisa County and the other is located in Stafford County.
Beyond Virginia, 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, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah 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.
- Louisa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Louisa is located in Louisa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <5>
- Mineral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Mineral is located in Louisa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
- Bumpass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
- Bumpass is located in Louisa County
- Bumpass has also been known as:
- Bumpas
- Bumpass Junction
- Bumpass Station
- Bumpass Turnout
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <5>
- Glenora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Partlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partlow
- Partlow is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Partlow <5>
- Tylers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Beaverdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Beaverdam is located in Hanover County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverdam <5>
- Cuckoo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Holladay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Margo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
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.
Adding Harris to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Harris 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 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 1832.
We also found Harris in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Harris.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harris - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |