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Welcome to Harlan ...

So far, we found very little information about Harlan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harlan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harlan, please Contact Us.

Harlan would have been located within present day Manistee County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harlan is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Harlan was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Harlan was located: 231

Going back to its beginning, Harlan was originally named Churchill's Siding. For more information about the names of Harlan, see The Names of Harlan on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Harlan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Harlan - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Harlan ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Harlan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harlan 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 Harlan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harlan post office opened in 1890. The Harlan post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harlan.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harlan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Manistee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harlan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/