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Welcome to Harbourton ...

Harbourton is located in Mercer County<1>.

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

Harbourton is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harbourton: 609 & 640<3>

Communities near Harbourton ...

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

  • Trenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
  • Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Burlington is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
  • Bristol
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bristol is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,573 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <4>
  • Morrisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Doylestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hatboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hatboro is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,512 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatboro <4>
  • Chalfont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bordentown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bordentown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
  • Lambertville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
  • New Britain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harbourton ...

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

Adding Harbourton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harbourton 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 Harbourton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harbourton post office opened in 1875. The Harbourton post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbourton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harbourton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 609 code has been Overlayed with the 640 area code. New phone numbers in the Harbourton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Harbourton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/