Do you know of Harvard ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harvard. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Harvard.

Our sources for Harvard (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Harvard other than they indicate that Harvard would be found somewhere in Marion County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1895.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Harvard ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Harvard.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Harvard.

Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In Florida ...
  • Gilchrist County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Harvard [Gilchrist County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Crittenden County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Harvard [Crittenden County].
  • California
    • San Bernardino County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Harvard [San Bernardino County].
  • Idaho
    • Latah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Harvard [Latah County].
  • Illinois
    • McHenry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Harvard [McHenry County].
  • Iowa
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Harvard [Wayne County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Worcester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Harvard [Worcester County].
  • Michigan
    • Kent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harvard [Kent County].
  • Nebraska
    • Clay County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Harvard [Clay County].
  • New York
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harvard [Delaware County].
  • Texas
    • Camp County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harvard [Camp County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Harvard ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Harvard:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harvard - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Marion County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.