Welcome to Harvester ...

Harvester is located in Saint Charles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harvester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Harvester is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Harvester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harvester - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Harvester ...

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

• O'Fallon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to O'Fallon
  • From Harvester to O'Fallon
• Saint Charles
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Charles is located in Saint Charles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Saint Charles
  • From Harvester to Saint Charles
• Saint Peters
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Peters is located in Saint Charles County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Peters <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Saint Peters
  • From Harvester to Saint Peters
• Florissant
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Florissant is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Florissant
  • From Harvester to Florissant
• Chesterfield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Chesterfield is located in Saint Louis County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,570 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterfield <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Chesterfield
  • From Harvester to Chesterfield
• Wentzville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Wentzville is located in Saint Charles County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wentzville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wentzville
  • From Harvester to Wentzville
• Wildwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wildwood is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildwood <3>
• University City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • University City is located in Saint Louis City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to University City
  • From Harvester to University City
• Ballwin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <3>
• Kirkwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirkwood is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,866 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kirkwood
  • From Harvester to Kirkwood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harvester ...

Looking for more information about Harvester? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Harvester, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Harvester.

Adding Harvester to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harvester post office opened in 1881. The Harvester post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harvester.