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Welcome to Mount Harris ...

Mount Harris is located in Routt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Harris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Harris: Mt. Harris

Mount Harris is 6,440 feet [1,963 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Mount Harris is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Mount Harris lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Harris: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Mount Harris ...

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

  • Steamboat Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hayden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Milner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Milner is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
  • Trull ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Trull is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trull
  • Mad Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mad Creek is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad Creek
  • Sidney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sidney is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Pagoda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pagoda is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagoda
  • Clark
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Eden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Eden is located in Routt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Harris ...

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

Adding Mount Harris to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mount Harris post office opened in 1915. The Mount Harris post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Harris.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Routt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Harris - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Harris area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Harris area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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