Do you know of Hightstown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hightstown. 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 Hightstown.<1>
Our sources for Hightstown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hightstown other than they indicate that Hightstown would be found somewhere in Mercer County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1819.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hightstown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hightstown:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hightstown - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)
Published by Greyhound Bus Lines
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Mercer County ...
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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 Mercer County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |