Welcome to Highland Mills ...

Highland Mills is located in Orange County<1>.

The location of Highland Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

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

Highland Mills is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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 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.

Communities near Highland Mills ...

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

• Spring Valley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
• Middletown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
• Newburgh
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
  • Newburgh is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburgh <4>
• Ossining
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossining
  • Ossining is located in Westchester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ossining <4>
• Peekskill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peekskill
  • Peekskill is located in Westchester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,087 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peekskill <4>
• Beacon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
  • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
• Haverstraw
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverstraw
  • Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,035 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haverstraw <4>
• Suffern
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffern
  • Suffern is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,970 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suffern <4>
• West Haverstraw
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haverstraw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
  • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
• New Square
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
  • New Square is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 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 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 book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Highland Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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/