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Welcome to Harkness ...

Harkness is located in the Adirondacks.

Harkness is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harkness, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Harkness is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harkness: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Harkness ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Harkness - they are located in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Harkness ...

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

  • Burlington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Plattsburgh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Colchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Colchester is located in Chittenden County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,102 people
  • Shelburne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Shelburne is located in Chittenden County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelburne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,649 people
  • Winooski
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Winooski is located in Chittenden County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winooski
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,527 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winooski <4>
  • Dannemora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Isle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
  • Village of Keeseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Village of Keeseville is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Keeseville
    • Estimated population in 2015: 1,750 people
  • Keeseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • South Hero
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • South Hero is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 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 Harkness. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harkness.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harkness ...

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

Adding Harkness to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harkness post office opened in 1888. The Harkness post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harkness.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harkness - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Harkness area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Harkness 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/