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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Highwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Highwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highwood, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Highwood (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Highwood. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Highwood is historic, it would have been located within present day New Haven County.
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of New Haven County: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield & Middlesex.
Below are the counties that are near Highwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highwood:
- New Haven County (The home county of Highwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Whitneyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
- New Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Westville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Hamden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
- Allingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamden is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60,294 people
- North Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,556 people
- East Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Shelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oronoque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Shelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shelton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- White Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Hills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
- Nichols
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Stratford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stratford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
- East Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Stevenson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stratford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Long Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Long Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Milldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Plantsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Southington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Southington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Southington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berlin is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,390 people
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bristol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Kensington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Litchfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Russian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Oakville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greystone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greystone is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Watertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
- Watertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watertown is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
- Woodbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,453 people
- Terryville Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
- Pequabuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
- Plymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Durham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
- Durham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
- Middlefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Killingworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Killingworth is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,340 people
- Little City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Little City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
- Killingworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Middletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ponset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ponset is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponset
- New London County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Hadlyme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,304 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <2>
- Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Sterling City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sterling City is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
- Westchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westchester is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester
- Suffolk County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Belle Terre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Miller Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shoreham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sound Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Shoreham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Shoreham is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
- Mount Sinai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poquott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poquott is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Port Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wading River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baiting Hollow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Setauket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highwood, see our County-by-County Page for Highwood.
Cemeteries Near Highwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highwood.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Highwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Beaverdale Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- B'nail Scholom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nail Scholom Cemetery
- The B'nail Scholom Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bnail Scholom Cemetery
- Congregation Beth El Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mishkan Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Congregation Mishkan Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Westville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hamden Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grove Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- State Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodin Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- B'nail Jacob Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nail Jacob Memorial Park
- The B'nail Jacob Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Bnail Jacob Memorial Park
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West River Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mapledale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Highwood itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highwood, with the one closest to Highwood listed first.
- Whitneyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Westville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- New Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Montowese
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Montowese is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese
- Hamden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Totoket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Totoket is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
- Bethany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Short Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Short Beach is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
- Branford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highwood.
Newspapers Published in Highwood ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 310 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highwood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Highwood:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to New Haven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Middlesex County
- New London County
- Suffolk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
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 Highwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |