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Welcome to Friday Harbor ...

The coastal town of Friday Harbor is located on San Juan Island.

Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County<1> and is the County Seat for San Juan County.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Friday Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Friday Harbor has a population of 2,473 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Friday Harbor is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Friday Harbor is located in the (360) area code.

The ZIP code for Friday Harbor: 98250<4>

Websites for Friday Harbor ...

Official Website: www.fridayharbor.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Friday Harbor had an population of 2,473 people. This is an increase of 14.38% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24.33% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Friday Harbor had a population of 2,162 people (which is 13.71% of the total population of San Juan County). This makes Friday Harbor the county's most populous community.

The population of Friday Harbor represents 0.03% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 156th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,162 people, the population of Friday Harbor increased 8.7% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,989 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Friday Harbor.

Communities near Friday Harbor ...

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

  • Victoria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <5>
  • Anacortes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Sidney
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <5>
  • Lopez
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
    • Lopez is located in San Juan County
  • Orcas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Deer Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lopez Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
    • Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
  • Roche Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Decatur Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friday Harbor. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Friday Harbor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friday Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Friday 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 Friday Harbor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Friday Harbor.

Adding Friday Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Friday Harbor 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 Friday Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Friday Harbor post office opened in 1876.

We also found Friday Harbor in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

The official website for Friday Harbor: www.fridayharbor.org/

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

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Friday Harbor.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friday Harbor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Friday Harbor). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Friday Harbor or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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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