Welcome to Harmontown ...

Harmontown is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harmontown, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Harmontown is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Harmontown: 662

Communities Also Named Harmontown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Harmontown - they are located in Arkansas and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Harmontown ...

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

Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oxford
- From Harmontown to Oxford
Holly Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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- Holly Springs is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,684 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly Springs <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Holly Springs
- From Harmontown to Holly Springs
Senatobia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senatobia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senatobia
- Senatobia is located in Tate County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Senatobia <3>
Sardis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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- Sardis is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sardis
- From Harmontown to Sardis
Como
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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- Como is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Como
- From Harmontown to Como
Taylor
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
Abbeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
- Abbeville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Abbeville
- From Harmontown to Abbeville
Laws Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Laws Hill
- From Harmontown to Laws Hill
Wyatte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyatte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wyatte
- From Harmontown to Wyatte
Aiken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Aiken
- From Harmontown to Aiken

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harmontown ...

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

Adding Harmontown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harmontown 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 for Harmontown was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Harmontown on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harmontown.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harmontown - 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>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.