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Welcome to Highland ...

Highland is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Highland is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Highland: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Highland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Highland: This one is located in Perry County and the other is located in Daviess County.

Beyond Missouri, 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, Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Mississippi, 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.

  • Perryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Chester is located in Randolph County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
  • Saint Mary
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Altenburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Frohna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Frohna is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sedgewickville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
  • Pocahontas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Longtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Longtown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Old Appleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Highland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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.<5>

From that list, the Highland post office opened in 1889. The Highland post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Perry, 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>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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Highland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Highland 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.
<5>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/