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Do you know of Higley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Higley. 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 Higley.<1>

Our sources for Higley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Higley other than they indicate that Higley would be found somewhere in Lake County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1920.

Communities Also Named Higley ...

We found one communities that share the name Higley.

Within Florida, the name Higley is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Higley in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Higley [Maricopa County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Higley ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Higley:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Higley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Lake 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 Lake County.

Belereva 
BirdsMessina
BloomfieldMillerton
Blue SpringsMillford
BoscobelMonte Vista
Brocton 
 Orange Blossom Gardens
Cason 
Cassia StationPaola
ChannellPendryville
Corley'sPlatts
Cunningham's 
 Remley Heights
Ellsworth 
EmeraldaSadie
 Seller's Lake
FranklinsSheridan
 Silverton
GardeniaSouthside
GlendaleSpring Grove
Golden HeightsSylvan Shores
  
HawkinsvilleTaylorville
HoweyTilson
 Triangle
Indian SpringsTufto
  
KindertonVarn's Crossing
 Vaughn's Mill
Lake FrancesVictoria
Lake JoannaViola
Lake Juniata 
Lake OlaWayland
LancasterWest Apopka
LanierWinsted

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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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