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Welcome to Harriston ...

Harriston is located in Cooper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harriston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Harriston is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harriston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Harriston: 660

Communities Also Named Harriston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Harriston - they are located in Mississippi, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Harriston ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harriston ...

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

Adding Harriston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harriston in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Harriston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harriston post office opened in 1873. The Harriston post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harriston.

Footnotes ...

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