Harper, Indiana

Harper
Unincorporated Community
Harper Location in Indiana
Coordinates: 39°08′38″N 85°35′35″W / 39.144°N 85.593°W / 39.144; -85.593Coordinates: 39°08′38″N 85°35′35″W / 39.144°N 85.593°W / 39.144; -85.593

Harper is an unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana, in the United States. It was also called Bigrest.^[1]

History

The first post office, called Bigrest, opened in 1881.^[2] Renamed Harper in 1882, the post office was discontinued in 1907.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harper, Indiana
↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. A post office established as Bigrest on August 3, 1881...
↑ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Decatur County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Greensburg

City	Greensburg

Towns	Millhousen New Point St. Paul‡ Westport

Townships	Adams Clay Clinton Fugit Jackson Marion Salt Creek Sand Creek Washington

CDPs	Clarksburg Lake Santee‡

Other unincorporated communities	Adams Alert Burney Craig Downeyville Ewington Forest Hill Gaynorsville Germantown Harper Harris City Horace Kingston Knarr Corner Letts Letts Corner McCoy Mechanicsburg Milford New Pennington Pinhook Rossburg Saint Maurice Saint Omer Sandusky Sardinia Slabtown Smyrna Tarkeo Corner Waynesburg Williamstown‡

Ghost town	Springhill

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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