Welcome to Highville ...

Highville is located in Lancaster County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Highville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Highville is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Highville: (717)

Communities near Highville ...

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

• Lancaster
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• York
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
• Elizabethtown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
  • Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
• Columbia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
• Lititz
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
  • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
• Millersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
  • Millersville is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,289 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersville <4>
• Mount Joy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Joy <4>
• Red Lion
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Red Lion is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,309 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lion <4>
• Manheim
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manheim
  • Manheim is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manheim <4>
• New Freedom
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
  • New Freedom is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Freedom <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highville ...

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

Adding Highville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Highville 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 Highville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Highville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Highville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Highville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/