Welcome to High Cliff ...
So far, we found very little information about High Cliff. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added High Cliff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with High Cliff, please Contact Us.
High Cliff would have been located within present day Calumet County<2>.
The location of High Cliff has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of High Cliff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
While the community is gone, the present day location for High Cliff is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where High Cliff was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
If High Cliff still existed, it would have been in the (920) & (274)<5> area codes.
Communities Also Named High Cliff ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named High Cliff - it's located in Alabama.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for High Cliff.
Communities near High Cliff ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near High Cliff.
- Appleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Oshkosh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Neenah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Fox Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Menasha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Kaukauna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Little Chute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Kimberly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Chilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Wrightstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 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 High Cliff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for High Cliff.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of High Cliff. 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 Cliff.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around High Cliff. See our Newspapers Page for High Cliff.
Adding High Cliff to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of High Cliff 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 High Cliff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the High Cliff post office opened in 1856.
For more details, see References and Mentions for High Cliff.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Calumet County: www.co.calumet.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 High Cliff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Calumet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around High Cliff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | Area code (274) is an overlay for area code (920). |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |