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Welcome to Harris Grove ...

Harris Grove is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harris Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

A typical abbreviation for Harris Grove: Harris Grv.

Harris Grove is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Harris Grove: 757 & 948<3>

Communities Also Named Harris Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Harris Grove - they are located in Illinois and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Harris Grove ...

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

  • Newport News
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hampton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Poquoson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Surry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Crab
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crab is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab
  • Gloucester Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lackey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lackey is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
  • Lee Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harris Grove ...

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

Adding Harris Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harris Grove post office opened in 1902. The Harris Grove post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harris Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harris Grove - 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 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Harris Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Harris Grove 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/