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Welcome to Harbor City ...

So far, we found very little information about Harbor City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harbor City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harbor City, please Contact Us.

Harbor City was located on the Gulf Coast.

Harbor City would have been located within present day San Patricio County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harbor City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harbor City is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Harbor City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Harbor City was located: 361

Communities Also Named Harbor City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harbor City - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Harbor City ...

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

  • Corpus Christi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Portland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Portland is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <4>
  • Rockport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ingleside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Aransas Pass
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Aransas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Taft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Taft is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <4>
  • Gregory
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <4>
  • Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Harbor City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harbor City post office opened in 1913. The Harbor City post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harbor City.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Harbor City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including San Patricio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harbor City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/