Welcome to Harjo ...
Harjo is located in Pottawatomie County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Harjo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.
Harjo is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Harjo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Harjo: 405 & 572<3>
Communities near Harjo ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harjo.
- Shawnee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seminole
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tecumseh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Wewoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pink
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Konawa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <4>
- Earlsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 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 Harjo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harjo.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harjo. 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 Harjo.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harjo. See our Newspapers Page for Harjo.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harjo ...
Looking for more information about Harjo? 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 Harjo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harjo.
Adding Harjo to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Harjo 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 Harjo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Harjo post office opened in 1921. The Harjo post office closed in 1954.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Harjo.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pottawatomie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harjo - 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 405 code has been Overlayed with the 572 area code. New phone numbers in the Harjo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 405 or 572. As a result, placing a call in the Harjo 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/ |