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Welcome to Harms ...

Harms is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harms, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Harms is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harms lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Harms: 931

Communities near Harms ...

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

  • Powell Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Fayetteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lynchburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gattistown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Ardmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardmore is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,513 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardmore <3>
  • Cornersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ardmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Trigg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trigg is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
  • Flintville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harms ...

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

Adding Harms to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harms 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 Harms was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harms post office opened in 1891. The Harms post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harms.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harms - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/