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Welcome to Highwood ...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. Highwood would have been located within present day New Haven County<2>. The location of Highwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Highwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Highwood is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Highwood was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Highwood once stood is in the (203) & (475)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Highwood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Highwood - they are located in Alberta, Illinois (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highwood. Communities near Highwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highwood.
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 Highwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highwood. 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 Highwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highwood. See our Newspapers Page for Highwood. Adding Highwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Highwood 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 for Highwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Highwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Highwood. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/ Footnotes ...
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