Welcome to High Island ...High Island is located on the Gulf Coast. High Island is located in Galveston County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of High Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. A typical abbreviation for High Island: High Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) High Island is near sea level<2>. Time Zone: High Island lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for High Island: 409 The ZIP code for High Island: 77623<3> Communities Also Named High Island ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named High Island - it's located in Louisiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for High Island. Websites for High Island ...Junior League: www.jlgalveston.org/ Communities near High Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near High Island.
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 High Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for High Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of High Island. 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 High Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around High Island. See our Newspapers Page for High Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for High Island ...Looking for more information about High Island? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for High Island, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for High Island. Adding High Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of High Island 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 (so far) for High Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for High Island. Footnotes ...
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