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Harper

Ghost town · Carbon County, Utah

Currant Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Currant Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Harper is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. It is one of 20 former communities in Carbon County on the federal names register. No county in Utah has more among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Harper was established in 1866, in the Civil War era.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Harper as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8028° N, 110.3542° W.

Key facts

Founded1866
Elevation6,113 ft
Nearest living townEast Carbon, UT
Distance to it19.1 miles
Coordinates39.80278, -110.35417

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What's there now

Harper is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Carbon, UT (population 1,476), about 19.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,113 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Harper?

Harper is in Carbon County, Utah, at 39.8028, -110.3542.

How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?

Carbon County, Utah has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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