A dated named place per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer: “named for Jonathan G. Harkness, PO in operation 1890-1904.” Harkness himself lived 1791-1872. Smith Ford is described as “southeast of Harkness.”
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A dated named place per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer: “named for Jonathan G. Harkness, PO in operation 1890-1904.” Harkness himself lived 1791-1872. Smith Ford is described as “southeast of Harkness.”