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Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley.The town's population was 269 at the 2020 United States census.Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, where Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet, it is the easternmost town in West Virginia as well as its lowest point above sea level.
This was complemented in 1930–1931 with a deck plate girder bridge that carried the B&O Main Line (now the CSX Cumberland Subdivision) to Martinsburg, West Virginia. A rail tunnel, known as the Harpers Ferry Tunnel, was built at the same time as the 1894 bridge to carry the Valley Line through the Maryland Heights, eliminating a sharp curve ...
A short separate piece crosses northern Loudoun County on its way from West Virginia to Maryland. In West Virginia, it runs north–south in Jefferson County, between Clarke County, Virginia and Loudoun County, Virginia. It is the main route between Charles Town and Harpers Ferry, and it is known as the William L. Wilson Freeway through that ...
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, originally Harpers Ferry National Monument, is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes the historic center of Harpers Ferry, notable as a key 19th-century industrial area and as the scene of John Brown's failed ...
Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is served by the Amtrak Floridian intercity service as well as MARC Brunswick Line commuter service. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Harpers Ferry Historic District .
Pearisburg - Rich Creek - Red Sulphur Springs - Packs Ferry - Beckley - Oak Hill - Fayetteville - Kanawha Falls - South Charleston: U.S. Route 460, U.S. Route 219, WV Route 12, Seminole Road, abandoned portion along the New River, Leatherwood Road, WV Route 3, U.S. Route 19, WV Route 16, Jenkins Branch Road, WV Route 61: Gilmer and Braxton Turnpike
WV 45 to I-81 / WV 9 – Charles Town: 13.3: 21.4: WV 9 east / WV 45 west (South Queen Street) Southern end of WV 9 and WV 45 concurrencies: 14.2: 22.9: WV 45 east (Moler Avenue) – Shepherdstown: Northern end of WV 45 concurrency: 14.8: 23.8: WV 9 west to I-81 / Raleigh Street – Berkeley Springs: Northern end of WV 9 concurrency ...
The Harpers Ferry Historic District comprises about one hundred historic structures in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.The historic district includes the portions of the central town not included in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, including large numbers of early 19th-century houses built by the United States Government for the workers at the Harpers Ferry Armory.