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Do you know of Harris ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harris. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Harris.

Our sources for Harris (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Harris other than they indicate that Harris would be found somewhere in Edwards County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1897.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Harris ...

We found 49 communities that share the name Harris.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Harris.

Beyond Texas, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 47 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Hunt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harris [Hunt County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Harris [Barbour County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Harris [Jackson County].
    • Arizona
      • Mohave County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Harris [Mohave County].
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Harris [Saint Francis County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Harris [Washington County].
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Harris [Humboldt County].
      • Santa Barbara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Harris [Santa Barbara County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Harris [Arapahoe County].
      • Routt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Harris [Routt County].
    • Florida
      • Okaloosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Harris [Okaloosa County].
    • Georgia
      • Meriwether County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harris [Meriwether County].
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Harris [Edgar County].
      • Piatt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Harris [Piatt County].
    • Indiana
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Harris [Marshall County].
    • Iowa
      • Osceola County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Harris [Osceola County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harris [Anderson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Harris [Estill County].
      • Lewis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Harris [Lewis County].
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Harris [Madison County].
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Harris [Natchitoches Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Harris [Bristol County].
    • Michigan
      • Ingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harris [Ingham County].
      • Menominee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harris [Menominee County].
    • Minnesota
      • Chisago County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Harris [Chisago County].
    • Missouri
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Harris [Sullivan County].
    • Montana
      • Custer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Harris [Custer County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Harris [Burlington County].
    • New Mexico
      • Quay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Harris [Quay County].
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Harris [Sullivan County].
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harris [Moore County].
      • Rutherford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harris [Rutherford County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harris [Gallia County].
      • Muskingum County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harris [Muskingum County].
      • Ross County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harris [Ross County].
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Harris [McCurtain County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Harris.
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Harris [Benton County].
      • Wallowa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Harris [Wallowa County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Harris [Lycoming County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Harris [Kent County].
      • Providence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Harris [Providence County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Harris.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Harris [Greenwood County].
    • Tennessee
      • Obion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Harris [Obion County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Harris [Weber County].
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Harris [Louisa County].
      • Stafford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Harris [Stafford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Harris [Boone County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Harris ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Harris:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harris - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Edwards County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Edwards County.

Ellis 
ExileVance
  
Leakey 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Harris could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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