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Welcome to Harbour ...

Harbour is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harbour, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Harbour is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harbour: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Harbour ...

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

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

Communities near Harbour ...

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

  • Johnson City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • East Ridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Ridge is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
  • Mill Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mill Point is also located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
  • Bloomingdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomingdale is also located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
  • Colonial Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Church Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jonesborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Harrtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrtown is also located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrtown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,365 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 Harbour. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harbour.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harbour ...

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

Adding Harbour to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harbour 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 (so far) for Harbour was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harbour post office opened in 1882. The Harbour post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbour.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harbour - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Harbour area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Harbour 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/