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Welcome to Harold ...

Harold is located in Santa Rosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harold, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Harold is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harold lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Harold: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Harold ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Harold - they are located in California, 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Harold, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 (so far) for Harold was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harold post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harold.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Santa Rosa, 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>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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Harold area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Harold 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/