Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Harpers_Ferry,_Virginia_(now_West_Virginia)
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:town
gptkbp:areaCode 304
681
gptkbp:coordinates 39.3256°N 77.7389°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:elevation 489 ft (149 m)
gptkbp:enteredUnionAsPartOf gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:establishedIn 1763
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Harpers_Ferry_National_Historical_Park
gptkb:John_Brown's_raid
gptkbp:formerPosition gptkb:Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)
gptkbp:incorporated 1851
gptkbp:locatedAtConfluenceOf gptkb:Potomac_River
gptkb:Shenandoah_River
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Jefferson_County
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Robert_Harper
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:John_Brown's_raid_(1859)
Civil War surrender (1862)
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:U.S._Armory_and_Arsenal
Civil War battles
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Washington_metropolitan_area
gptkbp:population 285 (2020 census)
gptkbp:railServiceBy gptkb:Amtrak
gptkb:MARC_Train
gptkbp:roadType gptkb:Appalachian_Trail
gptkbp:timezone Eastern (EST)
gptkbp:zipCode 25425
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Brown's_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5