Harris is an locality

Location (geography)

The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity...

 in Humboldt County

Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It is located 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Alderpoint

Alderpoint, California

Alderpoint is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located east-northeast of Garberville. It lies at an elevation of 472 feet . The ZIP Code is 95511. The community is inside area code 707...

, at an elevation of 2238 feet (682.1 m).

The Harris post office opened in 1882, having been transferred from Dark Canyon

Dark Canyon, California

Dark Canyon is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located south of Harris.A post office operated at Wilder from 1878 to 1882, when it was moved to Harris.-References:...

, was located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the current townsite. The post office moved to town in 1946, and closed for good in 1974. The name honors William C. Harris, its first postmaster.