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Harris Neck is a coastal peninsula located south of Savannah, Georgia in McIntosh County. The nearest town is South Newport, six miles (10 km) to the west. Originally named Dickinson's Neck, the peninsula was renamed when William Thomas Harris became the principal land owner in the mid 18th century. The land was deeded to a former slave in 1865 by a plantation owner. Black families settled in the area and built houses as well as oyster and crab processing factories.

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  • Harris Neck Army Air Field
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  • Harris Neck is a coastal peninsula located south of Savannah, Georgia in McIntosh County. The nearest town is South Newport, six miles (10 km) to the west. Originally named Dickinson's Neck, the peninsula was renamed when William Thomas Harris became the principal land owner in the mid 18th century. The land was deeded to a former slave in 1865 by a plantation owner. Black families settled in the area and built houses as well as oyster and crab processing factories.
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Garrison
  • 85(xsd:integer)
Built
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Harris Neck Army AirfieldHarris Neck OLF 50px 55px
Type
  • Military airfield
Caption
  • US Geological Survey aerial photo in 2006
Battles
  • World War II
Condition
  • Abandoned
Ownership
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
used
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
controlledby
  • First Air Force
Location
  • McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
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  • Harris Neck is a coastal peninsula located south of Savannah, Georgia in McIntosh County. The nearest town is South Newport, six miles (10 km) to the west. Originally named Dickinson's Neck, the peninsula was renamed when William Thomas Harris became the principal land owner in the mid 18th century. The land was deeded to a former slave in 1865 by a plantation owner. Black families settled in the area and built houses as well as oyster and crab processing factories. The original Harris Neck airfield was built sometime between 1929-32. It was named "Harris Neck Intermediate Field Site #8", it was an emergency airfield for commercial planes on the Richmond-Jacksonville air route. The field consisted of an irregularly-shaped sod parcel, with two sod runways 2,600' east/west & 2,550' north/south in a criss-cross pattern. The field was said to be illuminated, but to offer no services. Harris Neck airfield closed to the public on 1 January 1942 when the Civil Air Patrol began anti-submarine flights. It was evidently abandoned when in 1942 the new military airfield was built a half-mile north. There is no trace of its existence today.
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