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Welcome to Highland Mills ...

Highland Mills is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1832.

A typical abbreviation for Highland Mills: Highland Mls. (or less commonly used: Highland Mlls.)

Highland Mills is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Highland Mills: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Highland Mills: 10930<4>

Communities Also Named Highland Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Highland Mills - it's located in Georgia.

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

Websites for Highland Mills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Highland Mills, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Highland Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland Mills ...

Looking for more information about Highland Mills? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Highland Mills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Highland Mills.

Adding Highland Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Highland Mills 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 for Highland Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Highland Mills post office opened in 1832.

We also found Highland Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland Mills.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Mills - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Highland Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Highland Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Highland Mills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Highland Mills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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