Welcome to Harlingen ...

Harlingen is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harlingen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1823.

Harlingen is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Harlingen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harlingen - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Harlingen ...

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

• Trenton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Trenton
  • From Harlingen to Trenton
• New Brunswick
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Brunswick
  • From Harlingen to New Brunswick
• Plainfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Plainfield
  • From Harlingen to Plainfield
• Morrisville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
  • Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <4>
• Lambertville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
  • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lambertville
  • From Harlingen to Lambertville
• Clinton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clinton
  • From Harlingen to Clinton
• New Hope
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Hope
  • From Harlingen to New Hope
• Yardley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yardley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley
  • Yardley is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yardley <4>
• Blackwells Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blackwells Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills
  • Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Blackwells Mills
  • From Harlingen to Blackwells Mills
• Kendall Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Park
  • Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harlingen ...

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

Adding Harlingen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harlingen 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 Harlingen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Harlingen post office opened in 1823.

We also found Harlingen in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harlingen.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harlingen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Somerset County: www.co.somerset.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/