Welcome to High Health ...

So far, we found very little information about High Health. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added High Health to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with High Health, please Contact Us.

High Health would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>.

The location of High Health has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of High Health, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1865.

While the community is gone, the present day location for High Health is 2,020 feet [616 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where High Health was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If High Health still existed, it would have been in the (423) area code.

Communities near High Health ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near High Health.

• Collingwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
  • Collingwood is located in Sullivan County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 48,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collingwood <5>
• Bristol
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Bristol is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <5>
• East Ridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
  • East Ridge is located in Washington County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
• Shell Creek
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
  • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
• Elizabethton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethton
  • Elizabethton is located in Carter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,479 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethton <5>
• Winchester
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Johnson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
• Woodby Hill
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodby Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
  • Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
• Mountain City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
  • Mountain City is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <5>
• Hunter Hills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
  • Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
• Bluff City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
  • Former name for Bluff City:
  • Zollicoffer
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <5>

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 High Health. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for High Health.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of High Health. 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 High Health.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around High Health. See our Newspapers Page for High Health.

Adding High Health to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of High Health 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 High Health was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the High Health post office opened in 1865.

We also found High Health in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for High Health.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/