Welcome to Highland ...Highland is located in Ritchie County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Highland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. Highland is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Highland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Highland: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Highland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Highland: This one is located in Ritchie County and the other is located in Marion County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 88 communities that are also named Highland - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (6), Texas (6), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (6) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Highland. Communities near Highland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland.
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 Highland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland. 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 Highland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland. See our Newspapers Page for Highland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland ...Looking for more information about Highland? 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 Highland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highland. Adding Highland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Highland 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 Highland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Highland. Footnotes ...
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