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)
- Barnstable Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mashpee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
- Dennis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
- Brewster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Eastham
(13 miles [20.9 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 (so far) for North Harwich was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the North Harwich post office opened in 1862. The North Harwich post office closed in 1961.
For more details, see References and Mentions for North Harwich.
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> | 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/ |