Do you know of Harpers Ferry ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harpers Ferry. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Harpers Ferry.

Our sources for Harpers Ferry (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Harpers Ferry other than they indicate that Harpers Ferry would be found somewhere in Henry County, Kentucky.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Harpers Ferry ...

We found six communities that share the name Harpers Ferry.

Within Kentucky, the name Harpers Ferry is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Coffee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Harpers Ferry [Coffee County].
  • Georgia
    • Elbert County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harpers Ferry [Elbert County].
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harpers Ferry [Madison County].
  • Iowa
    • Allamakee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Harpers Ferry [Allamakee County].
  • South Carolina
    • Abbeville County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Harpers Ferry [Abbeville County].
  • West Virginia
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Harpers Ferry [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Harpers Ferry ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Harpers Ferry:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Harpers Ferry - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Harpers Ferry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/34876   (Place Name: Harpers Ferry)

County: Henry     (FIPS State/County: 21/103)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Harpers Ferry) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Henry County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Henry County.