Harmon

History

Harmon was platted and sited on July 23, 1913, by Willis T. McConnell and named for two bachelor brothers, George and H.H. Harmon. The town went into decline during the Depression in the 1930s and virtually disappeared. The original cemetery is still in use. On January 15, 1951, two Northern Pacific freight trains collided outside of town. The town has repopulated in the 20th century.

Geography

Harmon is east of North Dakota Highway 1806, north of Mandan. The original townsite is along the western edge of the Missouri River floodplain, with current development sited in the western part of the CDP, above the river bluffs. Harmon Lake Recreation Area is on the west side of Highway 1806, on a reservoir built on Otter Creek, a tributary of the Missouri. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,463
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,272
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,124
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  886
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  826
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  813
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  756
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  675

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2008-11-15
  6 km ESE of Goodrich, North Dakota