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Welcome to Hightowers ...

Hightowers is located in Caswell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hightowers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

Hightowers is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hightowers: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Hightowers ...

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

  • Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Danville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville is located in Danville City (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,869 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <4>
  • Mebane
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
  • Graham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Graham is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
  • Roxboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hillsborough
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Haw River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Green Level
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Green Level is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
  • Yanceyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ossipee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ossipee is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 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 Hightowers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hightowers.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hightowers ...

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

Adding Hightowers to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hightowers post office opened in 1833. The Hightowers post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hightowers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Caswell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hightowers - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Hightowers area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Hightowers 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/