RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Vermont >> Franklin County >> Highgate SpringsIndex...

Welcome to Highgate Springs ...

Highgate Springs is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Highgate Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1842.

A typical abbreviation for Highgate Springs: Highgate Spgs. (or less commonly used: Highgate Spngs. or Highgate Sprngs.)

Highgate Springs is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Highgate Springs: 802

Communities Also Named Highgate Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Highgate Springs - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highgate Springs.

Communities near Highgate Springs ...

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

  • Saint Albans
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Swanton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
    • Swanton is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Saint Albans
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
  • Georgia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Georgia is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
  • Highgate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highgate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Highgate is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
  • Enosburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
    • Enosburg is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <3>
  • Lacolle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacolle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacolle
  • Swanton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sheldon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheldon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Sheldon is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,226 people
  • Grand Isle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
    • Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 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 Highgate Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highgate Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highgate Springs ...

Looking for more information about Highgate Springs? 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 Highgate Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Highgate Springs.

Adding Highgate Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Highgate Springs 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 Highgate Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Highgate Springs post office opened in 1842.

We also found Highgate Springs in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

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 Highgate Springs - 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>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.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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