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Welcome to Hargrave ...

Hargrave is located in Rush County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hargrave, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hargrave is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Hargrave is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Hargrave: 785

Communities Also Named Hargrave ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hargrave - they are located in Georgia and Manitoba.

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

Communities near Hargrave ...

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

  • La Crosse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bazine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bison is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Schoenchen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • McCracken
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rush Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Liebenthal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Timken
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Alexander
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hargrave ...

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

Adding Hargrave to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hargrave 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 Hargrave was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hargrave post office opened in 1890. The Hargrave post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hargrave.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Rush, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hargrave - 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>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/