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HARRIETT, TEXAS
AKA Harriet, Texas

Tom Green County | Texas Panhandle / West Texas

U.S. Hwy 67 and
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
10 miles NE of San Angelo
Population: Unknown

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Harriet Baptist Church
Harriet Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003
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History in a Pecan Shell

There must've been enough of a population to warrant a post office in 1909. A month after being granted, the post office added a tee to the name Harriett. The postmaster was named Charles P. Lovelace and he or his heirs may be the biggest clue as to who Harriet (or Harriett) was.

Whatever the reason, the altered name didn't affect the population (which was so small nobody was keeping count). After 1927, post office business was handled by San Angelo. In 1936, there were a reported 12 people to wonder where the town went wrong.

Harriet remained on county maps for many years and the town appears to have had its own cemetery two miles NE of the townsite.
Harriett, Texas old home
This old home was a real showplace in the 1940's & 1950's
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003
Harriett TX Post Office info
Harriett TX Postmark
Cover canceled with Harriett, TX 1916 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection
TX Tom Green County 1940s Map
Tom Green County 1940s map showing Harriett and
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Harriet, Texas Nearby Towns:
San Angelo the county seat
Tankersley | Ben Ficklin | Knickerbocker
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