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Welcome to Harlan ...The city of Harlan is located in Shelby County<1> and is the County Seat for Shelby County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Harlan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Harlan has a population of 4,769 people<2> (see below for details). Harlan is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Harlan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Harlan: (712) The ZIP codes for Harlan: 51537, 51593<4> Websites for Harlan ...Official Website: www.cityofharlan.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Harlan had an population of 4,769 people. This is a decrease of 6.6% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Harlan had a population of 5,106 people (or 41.97% of the total population of Shelby County). This makes Harlan the county's most populous community. The population of Harlan represents 0.17% of the population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 80th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,106 people, the population of Harlan decreased 3.33% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,282 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Harlan. Communities Also Named Harlan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Harlan - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harlan. Communities near Harlan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harlan.
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 Harlan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harlan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harlan. 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 Harlan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harlan. Our list includes 9 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Harlan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harlan ...Looking for more information about Harlan? 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 Harlan, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Harlan. Adding Harlan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Harlan 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 Harlan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Harlan in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865). For more details, see References and Mentions for Harlan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Harlan: www.cityofharlan.com/ The official website for Shelby County: www.shco.org/ The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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