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Welcome to Harpers Ferry ...

Harpers Ferry is located in Coffee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Harpers Ferry: Harpers Fry. (or less commonly used: Harpers Frry.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Harpers Ferry for more information about variations on the name of Harpers Ferry.

Harpers Ferry is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Harpers Ferry lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Harpers Ferry (for example, toward Fort Gaines (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Harpers Ferry: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Harpers Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Harpers Ferry - they are located in Georgia (2), Iowa, Kentucky, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Harpers Ferry ...

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

  • Enterprise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Opp
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Opp is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opp <4>
  • Elba
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elba is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <4>
  • Level Plains
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Level Plains is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
  • New Brockton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brantley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coffee Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Glenwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • County Line
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • County Line is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line

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 Harpers Ferry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harpers Ferry.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harpers Ferry. 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 Harpers Ferry.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harpers Ferry ...

Looking for more information about Harpers Ferry? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Harpers Ferry, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harpers Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harpers Ferry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Harpers Ferry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Harpers Ferry area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.