Do you know of Highlands ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Highlands. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Highlands.
We found mention of Highlands as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Denver County, Colorado.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1897.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Highlands ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Highlands.
There are two communities within Colorado that are also named Highlands.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 46 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Arapahoe County
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Highlands [Jefferson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Highlands [Etowah County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Highlands [Madison County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Highlands [Shelby County].
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Highlands [Tuscaloosa County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Highlands.
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Broward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Highlands [Broward County].
- Duval County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Highlands [Duval County].
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Highlands [Cobb County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Highlands [Fayette County].
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Highlands [Paulding County].
- Idaho
- Ada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Highlands [Ada County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Highlands [Cook County].
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Highlands [DuPage County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Highlands [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maine
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Highlands [Anne Arundel County].
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Highlands [Calvert County].
- Cecil County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Highlands [Cecil County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Highlands [Montgomery County].
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Highlands [Essex County].
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Highlands [Hampden County].
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Highlands [Middlesex County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Highlands.
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Highlands [Coos County].
- New Jersey
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Highlands.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Highlands [Clermont County].
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Highlands [Luzerne County].
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Highlands [Berkeley County].
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Highlands [Greenville County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Highlands [Horry County].
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highlands [Grainger County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Highlands [Davis County].
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Highlands [Arlington County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Highlands [King County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Highlands ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Highlands:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Highlands.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 08/36390 (Place Name: Highlands)
County: Denver (FIPS State/County: 08/031)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Highlands) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Denver County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Denver County.
| Alcott | |
| Park Hill | |
| Berkley Square | Pine Ridge |
| Burnham | Pullman |
| Connors | Roydale |
| Duban | Santa Fe |
| South Denver | |
| Floral | South Park Junction |
| Loretto Heights | Westwood |
| Windsor Gardens | |
| Montclair |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Highlands could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |