Do you know of Harper ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Harper. 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 Harper.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Harper, so we are uncertain whether Harper is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Harper would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.
Communities Also Named Harper ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Harper.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Harper.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Modoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Harper [Modoc County].
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Harper [San Bernardino County].
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Harper [Santa Rosa County].
- Georgia
- Elbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Harper [Elbert County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Harper [Decatur County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Harper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harper [Harper County].
- Kentucky
- Magoffin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Harper [Magoffin County].
- Maryland
- Talbot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Harper [Talbot County].
- Missouri
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Harper [Saint Clair County].
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Harper [Johnston County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Harper.
- Oregon
- Malheur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Harper [Malheur County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Harper.
- Texas
- Gillespie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harper [Gillespie County].
- Utah
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Harper [Carbon County].
- Virginia
- Wise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Harper [Wise County].
- Washington
- Kitsap County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Harper [Kitsap County].
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Harper [Albany County].
- California
More Orphans in Wayne County ...
Can you help?
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 Wayne County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Harper could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |