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Welcome to Harris ...

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

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

Harris would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harris is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Harris was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Harris was located: 540 & 826<4>

Communities Also Named Harris ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Harris: This one is located in Louisa County and the other is located in Stafford County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 49 communities that are also named Harris - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Harris ...

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

  • Louisa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mineral
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bumpass
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bumpass is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
    • Bumpass has also been known as:
    • Bumpas
    • Bumpass Junction
    • Bumpass Station
    • Bumpass Turnout
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <5>
  • Glenora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
  • Partlow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tylers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tylers is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
  • Pendleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Beaverdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Childs Cove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
  • Cuckoo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo

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

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

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

Adding Harris to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harris 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 Harris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Harris post office opened in 1832. The Harris post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harris.

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 Harris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harris - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Harris area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Harris area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/