Welcome to Highland Park ...
The town of Highland Park is located Highland Park is located in Dallas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland Park, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Highland Park has a population of 9,084 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Highland Park is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Highland Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Official Website: www.hptx.org/ Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Highland Park had an population of 9,084 people. This is an increase of 6.07% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.74% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Highland Park had a population of 8,564 people. This makes Highland Park the county's 21st most populous community. The population of Highland Park represents 0.03% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 233rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 8,564 people, the population of Highland Park decreased 3.14% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,842 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Highland Park. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 96 communities that are also named Highland Park - they are located in Alabama (4), Alaska, Alberta, Arizona (2), California (5), Colorado (4), Connecticut, Florida (5), Georgia (5), Illinois (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (3), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (5), Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (7), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (6), Virginia (8), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland Park. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland Park. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Highland Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland Park. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland Park. 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 Park. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Park. See our Newspapers Page for Highland Park. Looking for more information about Highland Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Highland Park, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Highland Park. We originally found mention of Highland Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Highland Park was on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956).
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The official website for Highland Park: www.hptx.org/ The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Highland Park. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> 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.