Census Data for Harper
As far as we can tell, Harper has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Harper, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Big Stone Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Appalachia
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duffield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clinchport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clinchport is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport
- Whitesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Saint Charles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
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- Coeburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dungannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Gate City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Wise County ...
Harper is located in Wise County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Wise County.
Miscellaneous Information for Harper ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Wise County or the community of Harper:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Harper:
- GNIS ID for Harper: 1493056
- GNIS ID for Wise County: 1496656
- GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 51 (Virginia)
- County Code: 195 (Wise County)
- Place Code: 35544 (Harper)
- State & County Code: 51/195 (Virginia / Wise County)
- State & Place Code: 51/35544 (Virginia / Harper)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Harper is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Harper.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |