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Welcome to Highland ...So far, we found very little information about Highland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Highland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highland, please Contact Us. Highland would have been located within present day Harford County<2>. The location of Highland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Highland is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Highland was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Highland once stood is in the (410) area code. Communities Also Named Highland ...While we believe that this Highland is located in Harford County, we know of another 3 Maryland communities named Highland. Those communities are located in the following counties: Frederick, Howard and Prince George's County. Beyond Maryland, there are 88 communities that are also named Highland - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (6), Texas (6), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (6), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland. Communities near Highland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland. See our Newspapers Page for Highland. Adding Highland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Highland 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 was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Highland on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Harford County: www.co.ha.md.us/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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