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Welcome to Hightogy ...

Hightogy is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hightogy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hightogy is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hightogy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hightogy: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Hightogy ...

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

  • Fayette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Vernon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sulligent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Caledonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Millport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kennedy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
  • Belk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Belk is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Beaverton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Gattman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gattman is located in Monroe County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
  • Fernbank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hightogy ...

Looking for more information about Hightogy? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hightogy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hightogy.

Adding Hightogy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hightogy 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 (so far) for Hightogy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hightogy post office opened in 1890. The Hightogy post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hightogy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hightogy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Hightogy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Hightogy area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/