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Welcome to Hightown ...

Hightown is located in Alcorn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hightown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Hightown is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hightown: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Hightown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Hightown - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Texas and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Hightown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hightown ...

Looking for more information about Hightown? 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 Hightown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hightown.

Adding Hightown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hightown 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 Hightown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hightown post office opened in 1884. The Hightown post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hightown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Alcorn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hightown - 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 Hightown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Hightown 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/