Welcome to Harshaw ...So far, we found very little information about Harshaw. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Harshaw to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harshaw, please Contact Us. Harshaw would have been located within present day Santa Cruz County<2>. Harshaw was established in 1880. The origin (or the toponymy) of Harshaw: Named after David T. Harshaw, who first discovered gold and silver in the area. While the community is gone, the present day location for Harshaw is 4,870 feet [1,484 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Harshaw is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Harshaw was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time The Area Code where Harshaw was located: 520 Communities Also Named Harshaw ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harshaw - it's located in Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harshaw. Communities near Harshaw ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harshaw.
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 Harshaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harshaw. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harshaw. 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 Harshaw. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harshaw. See our Newspapers Page for Harshaw. Adding Harshaw to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harshaw 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 (so far) for Harshaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Harshaw. Footnotes ...
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