๐บ๐ธ Harlem is a city in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area. The city was named after the neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan. Harlem is the birthplace of comedian Oliver Hardy; the annual Harlem Oliver Hardy Festival is held on the first Saturday each October on Main Street in his honor.
History From the building of the Georgia Railroad which passes through town until at least the 1860s, Harlem was known as Saw Dust. The town is twinned with Ulverston in England, the birthplace of Stan Laurel, comedy partner of Oliver Hardy.
Geography Harlem is located in southern Columbia County, with its western boundary following the McDuffie County line. U.S. Routes 78 and 278 pass through the centre of town, leading east 23 miles (37ย km) to downtown Augusta and west 12 miles (19ย km) to Thomson. U.S. Route 221 crosses US 78/278 in the centre of town, leading north 5 miles (8ย km) to Interstate 20 and 21 miles (34ย km) to the South Carolina border, and south 16 miles (26ย km) to Wrens.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Harlem has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.7ย kmยฒ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04ย kmยฒ), or 0.36%, is water.
Harlem has a population of over 2,666 people. Harlem also forms part of the wider Columbia County which has a population of over 156,010 people. It is also a part of the larger Augusta metropolitan area. Harlem is situated near Evans.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Harlem has links with:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ulverston, England๐บ๐ธ San Clemente 33.433
๐ฐ๐ท Jeju Island 33.38
๐ต๐ฆ Bocas del Toro -82.25
๐บ๐ธ Elizabethton -82.233
๐จ๐ฆ Chatham-Kent -82.183
๐บ๐ธ Gainesville -82.339
๐จ๐บ Arroyo Naranjo -82.348
๐บ๐ธ Wesley Chapel -82.35
๐จ๐บ Old Havana -82.358
๐บ๐ธ Johnson City -82.367
Locations Near: Harlem -82.3,33.4167
๐บ๐ธ Augusta -81.992,33.469 d: 29.1
๐บ๐ธ Aiken -81.717,33.533 d: 55.6
๐บ๐ธ Statesboro -81.767,32.433 d: 120.1
๐บ๐ธ Anderson -82.633,34.5 d: 124.3
๐บ๐ธ Athens -83.377,33.957 d: 116.4
๐บ๐ธ Lexington -81.217,33.967 d: 117.4
๐บ๐ธ Columbia -81.037,34.009 d: 134.1
๐บ๐ธ Greenville -82.404,34.856 d: 160.4
๐บ๐ธ Springfield -81.3,32.367 d: 149.5
๐บ๐ธ Macon-Bibb -83.65,32.833 d: 141.5
Antipodal to: Harlem 97.7,-33.417
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18351.5
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18333.2
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18329.1
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18316.6
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18311
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18312
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18310.2
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18298.4