RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Carteret County >> HarloweIndex...

Welcome to Harlowe ...

Harlowe is located in Carteret County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harlowe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Harlowe is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Harlowe lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Harlowe: 252

Communities Also Named Harlowe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Harlowe: This one is located in Carteret County and the other is located in Craven County.

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

Communities near Harlowe ...

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

  • Havelock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Havelock is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
  • Morehead City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaufort
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Emerald Isle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cape Carteret
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Atlantic Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pine Knoll Shores
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Oriental
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Peletier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Peletier is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harlowe ...

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

Adding Harlowe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harlowe post office opened in 1875. The Harlowe post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harlowe.

Footnotes ...

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