Welcome to North Harwich ...
North Harwich is located on Cape Cod.
North Harwich is located in Barnstable County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of North Harwich, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.
A typical abbreviation for North Harwich: N. Harwich
North Harwich is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: North Harwich lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for North Harwich: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near North Harwich ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Harwich.
- Barnstable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnstable. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
- Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
- Barnstable has also been known as:
- Barnstable Village
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Barnstable
- From North Harwich to Barnstable
- Barnstable Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnstable Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yarmouth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
- Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Yarmouth
- From North Harwich to Yarmouth
- Sandwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Mashpee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Dennis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Brewster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Brewster is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Brewster
- From North Harwich to Brewster
- Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Eastham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 North Harwich. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Harwich.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Harwich. 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 North Harwich.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Harwich. See our Newspapers Page for North Harwich.
Adding North Harwich to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of North Harwich 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 North Harwich was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the North Harwich post office opened in 1862.
We also found North Harwich in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for North Harwich.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Harwich. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barnstable County: www.barnstablecounty.org/
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Harwich - 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the North Harwich area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the North Harwich area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |