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Welcome to Harbor Point ...

Harbor Point is located in Emmet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harbor Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

A typical abbreviation for Harbor Point: Harbor Pt.

Harbor Point is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harbor Point lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Harbor Point: 231

Communities Also Named Harbor Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Harbor Point - they are located in California, Florida and Ohio.

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

Communities near Harbor Point ...

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

  • Petoskey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyne City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
    • Former names for Boyne City:
    • Bay Springs
    • Boyne
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <3>
  • Charlevoix
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Jordan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pellston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Alanson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Boyne Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bay Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bay Shore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harbor Point ...

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

Adding Harbor Point to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harbor Point post office opened in 1917. The Harbor Point post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbor Point.

Footnotes ...

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