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>.
The location of Highpoint has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
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.<4>.
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).
If Highpoint still existed, it would have been in the (865) area code.
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.
- Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190,223 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <5>
- Kodak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kodak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
- Kodak is located in Sevier County
- Estimated population in 2014: 184,281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kodak <5>
- Cook Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Sevierville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevierville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevierville
- Sevierville is located in Sevier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sevierville <5>
- Dyers Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Seymour Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
- Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
- Aldenwood Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Humes Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humes Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
- Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
- Jefferson City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Jefferson City is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,234 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <5>
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 for Highpoint was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Highpoint post office opened in 1874.
We also found Highpoint in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Highpoint.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Highpoint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highpoint - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |