Harvard

Harvard is a city located in . The population was 9,469 at the 2020 census. The city is 63 miles from the and it is the last stop on the Union Pacific Northwest Line.
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  • Type: Town with 9,470 residents
  • Description: city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Harvard, IL”, “Harvard, Illinois”, and “Milk Center of the World
  • Postal code: 60033

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harvard station and Dacy Airport.

Railway station
is a commuter rail station in Harvard, Illinois. It is the terminus of the Union Pacific Northwest Line. Harvard is the farthest Metra station from Chicago at 63.16 miles from Chicago; the next furthest stop, on the North Central Service, is over 10 miles closer to Chicago at 52.9 miles.

Aerodrome
The is a privately owned, public-use airport located 1 mile southwest of Harvard, Illinois, United States.

School
, also known as HHS, is a 4-year high school located in Harvard, Illinois, about 4 miles south of and 80 miles northwest of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chemung.

Village
, elevation 896 feet, is an unincorporated census-designated place in , , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 276. is situated 3 miles west of Harvard.

Harvard

Latitude
42.4222° or 42° 25′ 20″ north
Longitude
-88.6137° or 88° 36′ 49″ west
Population
9,470
Elevation
958 feet (292 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US HRU
Open location code
86JHC9CP+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153398755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4895282
Wiki­data ID
Q575682
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Harvard” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هارفارد
  • Basque: Harvard
  • Catalan: Harvard
  • Cebuano: Harvard
  • Chechen: Гарвард
  • Chinese: Harvard
  • Chinese: 哈佛 (伊利諾伊州)
  • Chinese: 哈佛
  • Croatian: Harvard
  • Danish: Harvard
  • Dutch: Harvard
  • Egyptian Arabic: هارفارد
  • French: Harvard
  • German: Harvard
  • Gilaki: هاروارد (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: هاروارد
  • Haitian: Harvard, Ilinwa
  • Haitian: Harvard
  • Hungarian: Harvard
  • Ido: Harvard, Illinois
  • Ido: Harvard
  • Irish: Harvard, Illinois
  • Irish: Harvard
  • Italian: Harvard
  • Japanese: ハーバード
  • Ladin: Harvard
  • Mazanderani: هاروارد (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: هاروارد
  • Min Nan Chinese: Harvard
  • Newari: हार्भर्ड (इलियोनोई)
  • Newari: हार्भर्ड, इलिनोइ
  • Newari: हार्भर्ड, इलियोनोई
  • Newari: हार्भर्ड
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Harvard
  • Norwegian: Harvard
  • Persian: هاروارد، ایلینوی
  • Persian: هاروارد
  • Polish: Harvard
  • Portuguese: Harvard
  • Serbian: Харвард
  • Serbo-Croatian: Harvard, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Harvard
  • South Azerbaijani: هاروارد، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: Harvard, Illinois
  • Spanish: Harvard
  • Swedish: Harvard, Illinois
  • Swedish: Harvard
  • Tatar: Гарвард
  • Turkish: Harvard, Illinois
  • Turkish: Harvard
  • Ukrainian: Гарвард
  • Urdu: ہارورڈ، الینوائے
  • Urdu: ہارورڈ
  • Uzbek: Harvard
  • Uzbek: Ҳарвард
  • Vietnamese: Harvard, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Harvard
  • Volapük: Harvard
  • Waray (Philippines): Harvard, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Harvard
  • Welsh: Harvard, Illinois
  • Welsh: Harvard
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