Welcome to Harshaw ...
Harshaw is located in Oneida County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Harshaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
Harshaw is 1,500 feet [457 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Harshaw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Harshaw: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Harshaw ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harshaw - it's located in Arizona.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harshaw.
Communities near Harshaw ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harshaw.
- Rhinelander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newbold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbold
- Newbold is located in Oneida County
- Hazelhurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jersey City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jersey City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City
- Jersey City is located in Lincoln County
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
- Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
- Woodruff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Germain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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 Harshaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harshaw.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harshaw. 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 Harshaw.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harshaw. See our Newspapers Page for Harshaw.
Adding Harshaw to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Harshaw 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 Harshaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Harshaw post office opened in 1891.
We also found Harshaw in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Harshaw.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harshaw - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Harshaw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Harshaw area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |