Welcome to Highlandale ...
Highlandale is located in Leflore County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Highlandale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.
Highlandale is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Highlandale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Highlandale: 662 & 471<3>
Communities near Highlandale ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highlandale.
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moorhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Itta Bena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Webb
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sumner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Glendora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Doddsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 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 Highlandale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highlandale.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highlandale. 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 Highlandale.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highlandale. See our Newspapers Page for Highlandale.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highlandale ...
Looking for more information about Highlandale? 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 Highlandale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highlandale.
Adding Highlandale to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Highlandale 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 Highlandale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Highlandale post office opened in 1904. The Highlandale post office closed in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Highlandale.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Leflore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highlandale - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Highlandale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Highlandale 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/ |