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Welcome to Harlem ...

Harlem is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Harlem is located in Bonner County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harlem, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Harlem is 2,160 feet [658 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Harlem is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Harlem and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Harlem: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Harlem ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Harlem - they are located in California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York (2), North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Harlem ...

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

  • Hayden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <4>
  • Rathdrum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Spirit Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Newport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <4>
  • Priest River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Athol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hayden Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Oldtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Careywood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harlem ...

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

Adding Harlem to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harlem post office opened in 1907. The Harlem post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harlem.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bonner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harlem - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Harlem area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Harlem 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/