Harney (Monocacyville as late as 1892) is an

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in Carroll County,

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, United States. Harney is also the home of the 'World's Best Carnival'. It has been the home of the Harney Volunteer Fire Company since 1951.

Geography

Harney is located near the head of the

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to the northwest and is the site of the following crossroads: east/west Conover Road (named for a family who owned a defunct farm on the east of the town) and north/south Harney Road. Additional intersections at the ball field are Bowers Road, off Conover Road, and Baptist Road heads southwest from just south of the crossroads. Communities near Harney are Longville to the south,

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(southwest) and in

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(west), Mt. Joy Township (north - just across the state line on 134), Barlow 3.1 mi north, Two Taverns (north-northeast), Littlestown (east-northeast), and

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(east).

References

* Other Myers Mills were at the 1863 Marsh Creek site depicted on Chapel Road by a Confederate cartographer, the 1919 Myers Mill that burned at

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, and "Mairs Mill" west of Harney. ** The Reaser Hose camp and adjoining "Good Samaritan Masonic Camp" were northwest of Harney at S. D. Reck's woods/dam on Rock Creek near the Monocacy where there was a 1935 grove, clubhouse, and baseball field.) The "Black Hole" "near Harney" was an additional recreation area in 1926.

References

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