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About Harpers Ferry<1> (Click for more information)
| | Located in West Virginia (see below) |
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| | Located in Jefferson County (see below) |
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| | Typical Abbreviation: Harpers Fry. |
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| | Time Zone: Located in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. |
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| | Elevation: 150 feet [45.72 m] above sea level<2> |
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| | Population |
| | 2008:<3> | 307 (0.65% increase since 2000) |
| | 2000: | 307 |
| | (For more detail, see our Census Page for Harpers Ferry) |
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| | Housing Units:<4> | 189 |
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| | Latitude/Longitude<5> |
| | Lat: | 39°19'31" N (or 39.33° N) |
| | Long: | -77°44'29" W (or -77.74° W) |
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| | Name of USGS Topo Map: Harpers Ferry (7.5 Minute topographic series) |
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| | Other communities that are also named Harpers Ferry can be found on the Profile Page for Harpers Ferry. |
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About Jefferson County (Click for more information)
| | Population |
| | 2008 (Est): | 51,615 (21.62% increase since 2000) |
| | 2000: | 42,439 |
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| | Total Area: | 211.6 sq miles [547 km²] - of which 0.96% is water (2.03 sq miles [5.27 km²]) |
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| | Housing Units: | 17,623 |
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| | The community of Charles Town is the County Seat for Jefferson County. |
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| | Official Website: | http://www.jeffersoncountywv.org/ |
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About West Virginia (Click for more information)
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Footnotes
| <1> | Keep in mind that you might find some variations to Harpers Ferry: It's frequently the practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Harpers Ferry may originally have been Harper's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether. In that case, you may find that a reference to Harper Ferry is actually referring to Harpers Ferry. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harpers Ferry - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2000 Census and the next count will be for the 2010 Census. For more information, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation |
| <5> | The longitude & latitude values have been supplied by the US Census Bureau. This location is not necessarily the center of Harpers Ferry, but might be a prominent feature. For example, it might be the location of City Hall or the main Post Office. - Return to Citation |
| <6> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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