Do you know of Highgate ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Highgate. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Highgate.

Our sources for Highgate (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Highgate other than they indicate that Highgate would be found somewhere in Franklin County, Vermont.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1812 and closed  in 1936.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Highgate ...

We found five communities that share the name Highgate.

Within Vermont, the name Highgate is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Richmond County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Highgate [Richmond County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Highgate.
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Highgate.
  • Tennessee
    • Williamson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highgate [Williamson County].
  • Virginia
    • Surry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Highgate [Surry County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Highgate ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Highgate:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Highgate - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Highgate.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 50/33100   (Place Name: Highgate (RR name for Highgate Center))

County: Franklin     (FIPS State/County: 50/011)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Franklin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Franklin County.