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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Highland (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Highland. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Highland is located in Spokane County.

To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Spokane County: Benewah (ID), Bonner (ID), Kootenai (ID), Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens & Whitman.

Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Highland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • Airway Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spokane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Town and Country
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
    • Country Homes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
    • Fairwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
    • Hillyard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Hillyard is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillyard
    • Dartford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Mead
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Four Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Marshall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Marshall is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Deep Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Medical Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • Reardan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Long Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Mondovi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Edwall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Omans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Davenport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bluestem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
  • Pend Oreille County
    • Camden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • Tumtum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Ford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clavton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Loon Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Wellpinit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Springdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Grays
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
    • State Line Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
    • State Line
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Hauser
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <1>
    • Post Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
    • Bellgrove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
    • Rathdrum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland.

Cemeteries Near Highland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Highland - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.

  • Military Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Spokane.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76786 <2>
  • Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Spokane Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Medical Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Highland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highland.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.

  • Spokane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Deep Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Marshall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Mead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Medical Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Spokane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
  • Hite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
  • Buckeye
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Hazard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hazard is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Cheney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Chester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Chester is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Peone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Chattaroy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Reardan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mica
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mica is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland.

Newspapers Published in Highland ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Highland:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.