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Welcome to Harding ...

Harding is located in Tift County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harding, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

Harding is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harding lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Harding: 229

Communities Also Named Harding ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Harding - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Harding ...

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

  • Tifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fitzgerald
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ocilla
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocilla have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocilla
    • Ocilla is located in Irwin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,722 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocilla <3>
  • Ashburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Enigma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Omega
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lenox
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ty Ty
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sycamore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Alapaha
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harding ...

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

Adding Harding to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harding post office opened in 1896.

We also found Harding on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harding.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Tift, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harding - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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