Do you know of Highfalls ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Highfalls. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Highfalls.<1> We found mention of Highfalls as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Moore County, North Carolina. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898. Communities Also Named Highfalls ...We found one communities that share the name Highfalls. Within North Carolina, the name Highfalls is unique. Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Highfalls in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Highfalls ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Highfalls: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> The FIPS database contains an entry for Highfalls. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 37/31320 (Place Name: Highfalls) County: Moore (FIPS State/County: 37/125) Class: U6 Identifies a populated place (ie- Highfalls) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Moore County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Moore County. Footnotes ...
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