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Welcome to Harold ...

Harold is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harold, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Harold is 2,830 feet [863 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Harold is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Harold ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Harold - they are located in Florida, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ontario and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Harold ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harold ...

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

Adding Harold to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harold 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 Harold was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harold post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harold.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Los Angeles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harold - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/