Welcome to Highpoint ...So far, we found very little information about Highpoint. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Highpoint to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highpoint, please Contact Us. Highpoint would have been located within present day Knox County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Highpoint, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. While the community is gone, the present day location for Highpoint is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Highpoint was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Highpoint (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Highpoint was located: 865 Communities Also Named Highpoint ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Highpoint - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi (2) and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highpoint. Communities near Highpoint ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highpoint.
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 Highpoint. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highpoint. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highpoint. 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 Highpoint. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highpoint. See our Newspapers Page for Highpoint. Adding Highpoint to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Highpoint in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Highpoint was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Highpoint. Footnotes ...
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