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Welcome to Highland Center ...

Highland Center is located in Franklin County<1>.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Highland Center for more information about variations on the name of Highland Center.

Highland Center is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Highland Center ...

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

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.

  • Oxford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Butler County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
  • Harrison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Harrison is located in Hamilton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <3>
  • Batesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lawrenceburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greendale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greendale is located in Dearborn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,339 people
  • Aurora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cleves
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cleves is located in Hamilton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,363 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleves <3>
  • Brookville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Milan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Franklin, 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.