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Welcome to Harperton ...

Harperton is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harperton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Harperton is 2,820 feet [860 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Harperton is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Harperton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Harperton: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Harperton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harperton ...

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

Adding Harperton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harperton 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 Harperton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harperton post office opened in 1904. The Harperton post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harperton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harperton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Harperton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Harperton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/