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Welcome to Highpoint Forest ...

Highpoint Forest is located in Newton County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Highpoint Forest: Highpoint Frst.

Highpoint Forest is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Highpoint Forest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Highpoint Forest: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Highpoint Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Highpoint Forest: This one is located in Newton County and the other is located in Fulton County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highpoint Forest.

Communities near Highpoint Forest ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highpoint Forest.

  • Milstead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
    • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
  • McDonough
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Conyers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Locust Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitehouse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
  • East Wood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Wood is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
    • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
  • Jackson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Social Circle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Monticello
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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 Highpoint Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highpoint Forest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highpoint Forest. 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 Highpoint Forest.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highpoint Forest. See our Newspapers Page for Highpoint Forest.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highpoint Forest ...

Looking for more information about Highpoint Forest? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Highpoint Forest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highpoint Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highpoint Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Highpoint Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Highpoint Forest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.