Welcome to Harrah ...

The town of Harrah is located in Yakima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harrah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Harrah has a population of 641 people<2> (see below for details).

Harrah is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Harrah is within the (509) area code.

The ZIP code for Harrah: 98933<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Harrah had an population of 641 people. This is an increase of 2.56% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 18.27% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Harrah had a population of 625 people. This makes Harrah the county's 14th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 625 people, the population of Harrah increased 15.31% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 542 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Harrah.

Communities Also Named Harrah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Harrah - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Harrah ...

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

• Yakima
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • 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 <5>
• Toppenish
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppenish
  • Toppenish is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toppenish <5>
• Selah
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • 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 <5>
• Union Gap
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • 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 <5>
• Wapato
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 <5>
• Moxee
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 <5>
• Granger
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Granger is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <5>
• Zillah
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zillah
  • Zillah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zillah <5>
• Parker
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
  • Parker is located in Yakima County
• White Swan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Swan
  • White Swan is located in Yakima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Swan <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harrah ...

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

Adding Harrah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harrah 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 Harrah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Harrah post office opened in 1915.

We also found Harrah on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Washington (1949).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harrah.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrah. 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/