Do you know of Harford ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harford. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Harford.
Our sources for Harford (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Harford other than they indicate that Harford would be found somewhere in Harford County, Maryland.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1782 and closed in 1832.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Harford ...
We found two communities that share the name Harford.
Within Maryland, the name Harford is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Harford ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Harford:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harford - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General
More Orphans in Harford County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Harford County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |