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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry
is a historic town in
Jefferson County
,
West Virginia
,
United States
. It was formerly
Harper's Ferry
with an apostrophe and that form continues to appear in some references. It is situated at the
confluence
of the
Potomac
and
Shenandoah rivers
where the
U.S. states
of
Maryland
,
Virginia
and
West Virginia
meet. It is the easternmost town in West Virginia. The original, lower section of the town is located on a low-lying
flood plain
created by the two rivers and surrounded by higher ground. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for
John Brown
's
raid
on
the Armory
in 1859 and its role in the
American Civil War
. The population was 286 at the
2010 census
.
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