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Welcome to Highland ...

Highland is located in Vermillion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

Highland is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Highland (for example, toward Chrisman (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Highland: 765

Communities Also Named Highland ...

While we believe that this Highland is located in Vermillion County, we know of another 3 Indiana communities named Highland. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lake, Vanderburgh and Washington County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 88 communities that are also named Highland - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (6), Texas (6), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (6), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Highland ...

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

  • Clinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
  • Chrisman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cayuga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <3>
  • Ridge Farm
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosedale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosedale is located in Parke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
    • Rosedale has also been known as:
    • Roseville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <3>
  • Dana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dana is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Newport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland ...

Looking for more information about Highland? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Highland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Highland.

Adding Highland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Highland 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 (so far) for Highland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Highland post office opened in 1838. The Highland post office closed in 1868.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Vermillion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/