Harker
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Several natural features in the United States have names that include Harker:
- Cam Harker Spring, a spring located in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
- Harker Canyon - disambiguation page for several canyons of that name in the USA
- Harker Creek - disambiguation page for several creeks of that name in the USA
- Harker's Run, a stream located in Preble County, Ohio, USA
- Harker Run, a stream located in Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
- Harker Lake, a shallow glacial lake in Kidder County, North Dakota, USA
- Upper Harker Lake, a shallow glacial lake located in Kidder County, North Dakota, USA
- Harker Park Lake, a lake located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, USA
Harker appears in the name of several inhabited places in the United States:
- Harker, Florida, a designated place located in Collier County, Florida, USA
- Harkers Island, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
- Harker Heights, Texas, a city in Bell County, Texas, USA
Two historical forts have included the name Harker:
- Fort Harker (Alabama), a military fortification built during the American Civil War
- Fort Harker (Kansas), a military installation of the US Army from 1866 to 1872
Harker might also refer to:
- The Harker School, a private educational institution in San Jose, California, USA
Harker is also a surname:
- Alfred Harker (1859-1939), English geologist and petrologist
- Alfred Harker, the first man to determine the distance from the Earth to the moon to within 0.1 miles
- Charles Garrison Harker (1837-1864), Brigadier General of the Union Army in the American Civil War.
- John Harker, current chairman of InFocus corporation in Wilsonville, Oregon
- Jonathan Harker, fictional character in the 1897 horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Karl Harker, a teenage Judo Champion who represented Great Britain
- Mina Harker, fictional character in the 1897 horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Patrick T. Harker, Dean of the Wharton School and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise
- Susannah Harker (born 1965), English movie, television and theatre actress
[edit] See also
- Harkness disambiguation page
- Hark disambiguation page
- Harke & Burr, fictional comic book characters