draper Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. History Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period ...

is a cloth merchant. Draper or Drapers may also refer to:

Places

United States

* Draper, Kentucky * Draper Village, North Carolina, now consolidated into Eden * Draper, South Dakota * Draper, Texas *

Draper, Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990. Draper is part of two metropolitan area ...

** Draper station (FrontRunner) **

Draper Town Center station Draper Town Center station is a light rail station located in Draper, Utah, United States, served by the TRAX Blue Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX system. The Blue Line provides service north from this station to Downtown Salt ...

* Draper, Virginia * Draper, Wisconsin ** Draper (community), Wisconsin * Draper Island (Michigan) *

Lake Stanley Draper Lake Stanley Draper is a reservoir in southeast Oklahoma City, United States. It is one of three municipal reservoirs in the city. Principal construction on the reservoir occurred between 1962-1963. Upon completion it was named after the long-time ...

, a reservoir near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Elsewhere

Draper, Alberta Draper is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality (R.M.) of Wood Buffalo. It is located approximately southeast of Fort McMurray on the southern bank of the Clearwater River. The community con ...

, Canada *

Draper, Queensland Draper is a rural residential locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Draper had a population of 695 people. Geography Part of the southern boundary is marked by the South Pine River while the northern boundary fo ...

, Australia *

Draper railway station, Adelaide Draper railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Largs North, it is 17.2 kilometres from Adelaide station. History It is unclear when this station opened. Draper is one of the ...

, Australia *

Draper (crater) Draper is a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Imbrium. It is a circular, cup-shaped formation, with a tiny craterlet intruding into the northeastern rim. To the north-northeast is the crater Pytheas, and to the south lies ...

, on the Moon

Businesses and organisations

Draper Corporation The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for more than 130 years. Beginnings In the early 19th century, Ira Draper was a prospero ...

, former American power loom manufacturer *

Draper Correctional Facility Draper Correctional Facility was an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The prison first opened in 1939 with a capacity of 600 beds, replacing the former Speigner Reformatory. Speign ...

, an Alabama state prison 1939–2018 *

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed Threshold Ventures. DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Ba ...

, formerly Draper Associates, a venture capital firm *

Draper Laboratory Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, an ...

, an American not-for-profit research and development organization *

Draper Tools Draper Tools Ltd is a British distributor of tools under “Draper” and other brands, for professional and home-consumer use. It is based at a 50,000m2 (535,000 sq. ft.) site in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire, England. History Draper Tools star ...

, a British distributor of tools *

Worshipful Company of Drapers The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 111 Livery Company, livery companies of the City of London, formally styled The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Virgin Mary, Blessed Mary the Virgin o ...

, a livery company of the City of London

Other uses

Draper (surname) Draper is a surname, taken from the occupation (a draper was a merchant in cloth or dry goods). It is the 1365th most common name in the US, with approximately 22,383. People Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Draper (1897–1963) ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Drapers'' (magazine), a magazine for fashion retailers

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United States

Elsewhere

Businesses and organisations

Other uses

See also