NC Gazetteer

Harris

Also known as: Orenburg
A community in Rutherford County
… community in S Rutherford County. Est. about 1909 when the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway built a station there. Post office est. 1912 as Orenburg since there was another post office named Harris in the state. In 1914 the first Harris post office closed, and the name was then taken by the former Orenburg post office. Named for a local family.