Do you know of Highland Lake ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Highland Lake. 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 Highland Lake.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Highland Lake was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Highland Lake would be found somewhere in Lake County, Illinois.
Communities Also Named Highland Lake ...
We found eight communities that share the name Highland Lake.
Within Illinois, the name Highland Lake is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Highland Lake [Blount County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Highland Lake [Weld County].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Highland Lake [Cumberland County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Highland Lake [Howard County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Highland Lake [Norfolk County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Highland Lake [Sussex County].
- New York
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Highland Lake [Sullivan County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Highland Lake [Lycoming County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Highland Lake ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Highland Lake:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Highland Lake.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/34709 (Place Name: Highland Lake)
County: Lake (FIPS State/County: 17/097)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Highland Lake) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Lake County ...
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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.
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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Highland Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |