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Welcome to Deer Harbor ...

Deer Harbor is located on Orca Island.

Deer Harbor is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deer Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Deer Harbor: Deer Hbr. (or less commonly used: Deer Harb. or Deer Hrbr.)

Time Zone: Deer Harbor lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Deer Harbor: 360 & 564<2>

Communities near Deer Harbor ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deer Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Deer Harbor? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Deer Harbor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Deer Harbor.

Adding Deer Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Deer Harbor in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Deer Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Deer Harbor post office opened in 1893.

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deer Harbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Deer Harbor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Deer Harbor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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