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. Harper would have been located within present day Talbot County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Harper, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Harper is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: The area where Harper was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Harper was located: 410, 443 & 667<4> 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. 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 near Harper ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harper.
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 (so far) for Harper was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Harper. Footnotes ...
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