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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 Santa Cruz County<2>.


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


While the community is gone, the present day location for Highland is 1,950 feet [594 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Highland was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Highland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Highland: This one is located in Santa Cruz County and the other is located in San Bernardino County.

Beyond California, there are 88 communities that are also named Highland - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), 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.

  • San Jose
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <5>
  • Sunnyvale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Santa Cruz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cupertino
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Watsonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Campbell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Saratoga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Los Gatos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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.

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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