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Welcome to Highland ...Highland is located in Jackson County<1>. The location of Highland 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, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. Highland is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Highland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Highland and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Highland is located in the (931) area code. Communities Also Named Highland ...While we believe that this Highland is located in Jackson County, we know of another 5 Tennessee communities named Highland. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fentress, Obion, Overton, Sumner and Wayne County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 88 communities that are also named Highland - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Texas (6), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (6), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland. Communities near Highland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland. See our Newspapers Page for Highland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland ...Looking for more information about Highland? 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 Highland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highland. Adding Highland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Highland 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Highland in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksonco.com/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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