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Welcome to High Lake ...

High Lake is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of High Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for High Lake: High Lk.

High Lake is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for High Lake: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named High Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named High Lake - they are located in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for High Lake.

Communities near High Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for High Lake ...

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

Adding High Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the High Lake post office opened in 1857. The High Lake post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for High Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around High Lake - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the High Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the High Lake 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/