Welcome to Harwood ...

Harwood is located in Yakima County<1>.

The location of Harwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Harwood is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Harwood: (509)

Communities Also Named Harwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Harwood - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Harwood ...

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

• Yakima
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakima
  • Yakima is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yakima <4>
• Selah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selah
  • Selah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selah <4>
• Union Gap
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Gap
  • Union Gap is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Gap <4>
• Wapato
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapato
  • Wapato is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wapato <4>
• Moxee
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee
  • Moxee is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moxee <4>
• Tieton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tieton
  • Tieton is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,316 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tieton <4>
• Naches
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naches
  • Naches is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naches <4>
• Harrah
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrah
  • Harrah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrah <4>
• Fruitvale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
  • Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
• Gleed
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleed
  • Gleed is located in Yakima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gleed <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harwood ...

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

Adding Harwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harwood post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Yakima County: www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/

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