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Welcome to Harkers Island ...Harkers Island is located in Carteret County<1>. The location of Harkers Island has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> Harkers Island was established in 1730. A typical abbreviation for Harkers Island: Harkers Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Harkers Island for more information about variations on the name of Harkers Island. Harkers Island is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Harkers Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Harkers Island lies within the (252) area code. Communities near Harkers Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harkers Island.
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 Harkers Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harkers Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harkers Island. 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 Harkers Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harkers Island. See our Newspapers Page for Harkers Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harkers Island ...Looking for more information about Harkers Island? 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 Harkers Island, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Harkers Island. Adding Harkers Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harkers Island 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 Harkers Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Harkers Island on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Harkers Island. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harkers Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Carteret County: www.co.carteret.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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