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Welcome to East Highgate ...

East Highgate is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Highgate, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

A typical abbreviation for East Highgate: E. Highgate

East Highgate is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Highgate: 802

Communities near East Highgate ...

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

  • Saint Albans
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Swanton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Saint Albans
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
  • Fairfax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairfax is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
  • Georgia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgia is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
  • Highgate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Highgate is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Dunham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
  • Enosburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Swanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Richford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Richford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,303 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Highgate ...

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

Adding East Highgate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Highgate 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 East Highgate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Highgate post office opened in 1834. The East Highgate post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Highgate.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Highgate - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/