Welcome to Highland Town ...
So far, we found very little information about Highland Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Highland Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highland Town, please Contact Us.
Highland Town would have been located within present day Grundy County<2>.
The location of Highland Town has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
The pronunciation of Highland Town: HEYE-luhnd<4>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland Town, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Highland Town is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<5>.
Time Zone: The area where Highland Town was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Highland Town once stood is in the (815) & (779)<6> area codes.
Websites for Highland Town ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.grundychamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Highland Town, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Highland Town ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland Town.
- Morris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Morris is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,162 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morris <7>
- Channahon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Channahon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channahon
- Channahon is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,409 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Channahon <7>
- Streator
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streator
- Streator is located in La Salle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,933 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Streator <7>
- Braidwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braidwood
- Braidwood is located in Will County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Braidwood <7>
- Wilmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Wilmington is located in Will County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
- Coal City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,351 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coal City <7>
- Marseilles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marseilles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Marseilles is located in La Salle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marseilles <7>
- Dwight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Dwight is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <7>
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Diamond is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <7>
- Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <7>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Highland Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland Town.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland Town. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Town.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Town. See our Newspapers Page for Highland Town.
Adding Highland Town to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Highland Town in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Highland Town was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
From that list, the Highland Town post office opened in 1866.
We also found Highland Town in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland Town.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grundy County: www.grundyco.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Highland Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Highland Town. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page. |
| <5> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <6> | Area code (779) is an overlay for area code (815). |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |