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)
- Ranger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ranger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Ranger is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,354 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <3>
- Moran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moran have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Moran is located in Shackelford County
- 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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Gunsight is located in Stephens County
- Eolian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eolian
- Eolian is located in Stephens County
- Wayland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wayland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Wayland is located in Stephens County
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Stephens County
- Necessity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity
- Necessity is located in Stephens County
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 for Harpersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Harpersville post office opened in 1894.
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |