Welcome to Harper ...

So far, we found very little information about Harper. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harper to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harper, please Contact Us.

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Harper would have been located within present day Talbot County<2>.

The location of Harper has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harper, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Harper is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Harper was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Harper would have been located in the (410) area code.

Websites for Harper ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.talbotchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Harper, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Harper ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Harper - they are located in California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harper.

Communities near Harper ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harper.

• Annapolis
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
  • Annapolis is located in Anne Arundel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Annapolis <5>
• Easton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
  • Easton is located in Talbot County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,611 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <5>
• Cambridge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Dorchester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,213 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <5>
• Chesapeake Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesapeake Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake Beach
  • Chesapeake Beach is located in Calvert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,066 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesapeake Beach <5>
• Centreville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
  • Centreville is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centreville <5>
• North Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
  • North Beach is located in Calvert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Beach <5>
• Trappe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trappe
  • Trappe is located in Talbot County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,000 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trappe <5>
• Queenstown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
  • Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
• Preston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
  • Preston is located in Caroline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <5>
• Oxford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Talbot County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harper. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harper.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harper. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harper.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harper. See our Newspapers Page for Harper.

Adding Harper to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harper in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Harper was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harper.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Talbot County: www.co.talbot.md.us/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/