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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.

  • Bridgeport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridgeport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
  • Waterbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Waterbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
    • Waterbury is located in New Haven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,826 people
  • Hamden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
    • Hamden is located in New Haven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,294 people
  • Meriden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Meriden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meriden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
    • Meriden is located in New Haven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
  • Milford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Milford is located in New Haven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
  • West Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
    • West Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people

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>

From that list, the Highwood post office opened in 1888.

We also found Highwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highwood.

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.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 Highwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including New Haven, 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 Highwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (475) is an overlay for area code (203).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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