Welcome to Harbison Canyon ...

Harbison Canyon is located in San Diego County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harbison Canyon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1927.

A typical abbreviation for Harbison Canyon: Harbison Cyn. (or less commonly used: Harbison Canyn. or Harbison Cnyn.)

Harbison Canyon is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Harbison Canyon is within the (619) area code.

Communities near Harbison Canyon ...

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

• Chula Vista
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
  • Chula Vista is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 272,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula Vista <4>
• El Cajon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cajon
  • El Cajon is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,401 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Cajon <4>
• National City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National City
  • National City is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <4>
• La Mesa
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Mesa
  • La Mesa is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Mesa <4>
• Santee
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
  • Santee is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <4>
• Poway
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
  • Poway is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <4>
• Lemon Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
  • Lemon Grove is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemon Grove <4>
• Glenview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Glenview is located in San Diego County
• Granite Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hills
  • Granite Hills is located in San Diego County
• Lakeside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Lakeside is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeside <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harbison Canyon ...

Looking for more information about Harbison Canyon? 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 Harbison Canyon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harbison Canyon.

Adding Harbison Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harbison Canyon 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 Harbison Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harbison Canyon post office opened in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbison Canyon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/