Welcome to Harts ...

So far, we found very little information about Harts. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harts to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harts, please Contact Us.

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Harts would have been located within present day Rowan County<2>.

The location of Harts has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harts, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harts is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Harts was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Harts once stood is in the (704) and (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Harts ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Harts, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Harts ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Harts - they are located in Georgia, Michigan (3), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Harts ...

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

• Concord
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <6>
• Huntersville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
  • Huntersville is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,095 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntersville <6>
• Kannapolis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
  • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <6>
• Mooresville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
  • Mooresville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooresville <6>
• Salisbury
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Salisbury is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <6>
• Cornelius
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
  • Cornelius is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelius <6>
• Statesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
  • Statesville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statesville <6>
• Harrisburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <6>
• Davidson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Davidson is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davidson <6>
• China Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • China Grove is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Grove <6>

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

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

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

Adding Harts to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harts 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 for Harts was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Harts post office opened in 1876.

We also found Harts in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harts.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/