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Welcome to Harmon ...

Harmon is located

Harmon is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harmon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

Harmon is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harmon: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Harmon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Harmon - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Harmon ...

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

  • Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Commerce
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cooper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Honey Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wolfe City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Roxton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ladonia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dodd City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Windom
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windom have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
    • Windom is located in Fannin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <4>
  • Pecan Gap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harmon ...

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

Adding Harmon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harmon 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 for Harmon was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Harmon in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Harmon post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harmon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harmon - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Harmon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Harmon 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/