Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Highland (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Highland. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Highland is located in Philadelphia County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Philadelphia County : Burlington (NJ) , Camden (NJ) , Gloucester (NJ) , Bucks , Delaware & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Highland)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Chestnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Upsal (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Allen Lane (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Roxborough (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Milestown ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Milestown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown Pittville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Manayunk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Branchtown ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Germantown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Somerville ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Lawton Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Station Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station Fern Rock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Allegheny County
Overbrook (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Boyertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Indian Springs Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Bechtelsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Eshbach (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Lyons (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Lyons is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
Bally (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
County Line (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Warminster Heights (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Warminster Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Johnsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Chestnut Wood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Casey Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Churchville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Hartsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Ivyland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Warrington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Grenoble (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Grenoble is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenoble Richboro (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Castle Valley is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Strafford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Berwyn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Chesterbrook (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Leopard (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Valley Forge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Whitehorse (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Paoli (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees General Warren Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Malvern (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Haverford Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Haverford Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village Haverford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Montrose Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Millbourne (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
Allgates (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Llanerch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Llanerch is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llanerch Ithan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Wayne (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Burmont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Drexel Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Indiana County
Ernest (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lehigh County
Hosensack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Wyndmoor (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Flourtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Glenside (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glenside is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenside Oreland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wyncote (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Plymouth Meeting (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
West Manayunk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Elkins Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Broad Axe (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Fitzwatertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fitzwatertown is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwatertown Bala - Cynwyd (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bala - Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala - Cynwyd Cynwyd (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Conshohocken (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Analine Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Carpenter (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Claymont Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Claymont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Arden (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Windy Bush (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Holly Oak (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Bellefonte (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Riverton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Riverside (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Maple Shade (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Beverly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Willingboro (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Ramblewood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Burlington (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Greentree Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village Marlton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Heritage Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Heritage Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Florence (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Florence is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hainesport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Ablett Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Delair (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Camden (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Pennsauken (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Colwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Morgan Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Gloucester City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Cherry Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Golden Triangle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Brooklawn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Cherry Hill Mall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall Westmont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Red Bank (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank North Woodbury (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Thorofare (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Gibbstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Parkville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Westcotville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Almonesson (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Cooper Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Oak Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Bridgeport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Mantua (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Lambertville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Raven Rock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Prallsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville Rosemont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Idell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Idell is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idell Linvale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Linvale is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale Sergeantsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeantsville Barbertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown Snydertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Somerset (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Titusville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville West Trenton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Bear Tavern (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Ewing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Trenton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
White Horse (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Eldridge Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Warner Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village Lawrenceville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Mercerville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Mercerville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville Rosemont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Rosemont is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Auburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Carneys Point (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Whig Lane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland .
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Ivy Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Ivy Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ivy Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Philadelphia . The Ivy Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
Germantown & Chestnut Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45186 <2>
Yeakel Schwenkfelder (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Leverington Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverington Cemetery The Leverington Cemetery has also been known as:
Roxborough Cemetery Roxbrouugh Leverington Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45934 <2>
Chelten Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Peters Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Westminster Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Laurel Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Continue List (406 more) ...
Hood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Philadelphia National Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Northwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Highland had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Chestnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Gravers (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Gravers is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers Roxborough (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Shawmont (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Shawmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmont Upsal (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Carpenter (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Allen Lane (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Mount Pleasant (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Mount Airy (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mount Airy is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy Mermaid (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mermaid is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Wyndmoor (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Roseglen (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Roseglen is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen Continue List (22 more) ...
Glen Willow (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Glen Willow is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Willow Flourtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lafayette (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Lafayette is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland .
Newspapers Published in Highland ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Highland:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Philadelphia County Genealogy information for nearby counties
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Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.