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Welcome to Highland Center ...

Highland Center is located in Wapello County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Highland Center: Highland Ctr. (or less commonly used: Highland Cen., Highland Cent. or Highland Cntr.)

Highland Center is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Highland Center lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Highland Center: 641

Communities Also Named Highland Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Highland Center - it's located in Indiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland Center.

Communities near Highland Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland Center.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland Center ...

Looking for more information about Highland Center? 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 Highland Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highland Center.

Adding Highland Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Highland Center 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 Highland Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Highland Center on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Wapello, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.