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Welcome to Harpersville ...

Harpersville is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Harpersville is located in Stephens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harpersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Harpersville is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Harpersville: 254

Communities Also Named Harpersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Harpersville - they are located in Alabama, Ohio and Virginia.

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

Communities near Harpersville ...

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

  • Breckenridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eastland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cisco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cisco is located in Eastland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cisco <3>
  • Ranger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Moran
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Moran is located in Shackelford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <3>
  • Gunsight ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gunsight is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
  • Eolian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eolian is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolian
  • Wayland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wayland is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
  • Eureka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Eureka is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Necessity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Necessity is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harpersville ...

Looking for more information about Harpersville? 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 Harpersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harpersville.

Adding Harpersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harpersville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Harpersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Harpersville post office opened in 1894. The Harpersville post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harpersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Stephens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harpersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/