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Summary for Highland Lake

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Located in: Blount County (see below)

Typical Abbreviation: Highland Lk.

Time Zone: Highland Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)<1>

Telephone Area Codes: 205 & 659<2>

Elevation: 950 feet [289.56 m] above sea level<3>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Highland Lake)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<4>	408 (0.97% decrease since 2010)
2010:	412 (0.98% increase since 2000)
2000:	408

Total Area:<5> 1.99 sq. miles [5.1 km²] - of which 17.96% is water (0.36 sq. miles [0.9 km²])

Housing Units:<6> 252

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<7>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Highland Lake:

Lat: 33.887600° (or 33°53'15" N)

Lon: -86.424400° (or -86°25'27" W)

USGS Topo Map: Oneonta<8>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Highland Lake

GNIS ID: 2405832

FIPS State / Place Code: 01 / 34480

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Highland Lake)

About Blount County

The town of Oneonta is the County Seat for {Blount County}.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Blount)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	57,826 (0.78% increase since 2010)
2010	57,376 (12.45% increase since 2000)
2000:	51,024

Total Area: 650 sq. miles [1,685.1 km²]

Housing Units: 23,887

Official Website: https://blountcountyal.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Blount

GNIS ID: 161530

FIPS State / County Code: 01 / 009

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Highland Lake)

About Alabama

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	4,907,965 (2.68% increase since 2010)
2010:	4,779,736 (7.48% increase since 2000)
2000:	4,447,100

Websites for State of Alabama

Official Website: https://www.alabama.gov/

Tourism: https://tourism.alabama.gov/

Parks: https://www.alapark.com/

Fishing: https://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing

Hunting: https://www.outdooralabama.com/hunting

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Alabama

GNIS ID: 1779775

FIPS State: 01

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Highland Lake)

Footnotes ...

<1>	While Highland Lake is in the Central Time Zone, the area to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Highland Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Highland Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<5>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Highland Lake. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<6>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<7>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Highland Lake, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<8>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Highland Lake.