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Highland County, Ohio

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56newspaper titles
4digitized titles
28historic places
1800earliest paper
1805formed
43,317pop. 2020
154cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 56 newspaper titles published in Highland County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 4 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Hillsboro, Rainsboro, Greenfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Highland

Library of Congress
56 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Daily Hillsborough GazetteHillsboro, Hillsborough1800–1899
Hillsborough GazetteHillsboro1800–1999
The Hillsborough GazetteHillsborough, Hillsboro1800–1899
The New Vienna StandardNew Vienna1800–1899
Hillsborough Gazette, and Highland AdvertiserHillsborough, Hillsboro1818–1827
Hillsboro' GazetteHillsboro, Hillsborough1827–1862
Highland Democrat and Workingman's AdvocateLeesburg1830–1899
Highland Democrat and Railroad AdvocateLeesburg1832–1833
Democrat & AdvocateLeesburg1833–1839
The Ohio NewsHillsborough, Hillsboro1837–1846
The Highland NewsHillsborough, Hillsboro1847–1852
Greenfield BladeGreenfield1850–1899
The Weekly Highland NewsHillsboro, Hillsborough1852–1853
Taylor's Illustrated NewspaperGreenfield1853–1899
The Highland Weekly News DigitizedHillsborough, Hillsboro1853–1886
The Highland Weekly News DigitizedHillsborough, Hillsboro1853–?
The American CitizenHillsborough, Hillsboro1854–1857
The Greenfield RepublicanGreenfield1860–1862
Hillsborough Weekly GazetteHillsborough, Hillsboro1862–1864
The Hillsborough GazetteHillsborough, Hillsboro1864–1865
Highland DemocratHillsborough, Hillsboro1865–1866
Hillsborough GazetteHillsborough, Hillsboro1866–1928
The Buckeye BugleHillsboro1868–1899
The Hillsborough MailHillsborough, Hillsboro1871–1873
Leesburg EnterpriseLeesburg1872–1873
The Grant BatteryHillsboro1872–1872
The LiberalHillsboro1874–1899
The New Vienna RegisterNew Vienna1877–1878
The Greenfield EnterpriseGreenfield1880–1901
The Hillsboro Saturday HeraldHillsboro1880–1882
The Saturday HeraldHillsboro1880–1886
The Highland ChiefGreenfield1881–1899
New Vienna RecordNew Vienna1882–1899
The Daily Evening GazetteHillsboro1883–1883
Weekly BuckeyeLeesburg1885–1899
The News-Herald DigitizedHillsboro1886–1973
The News-Herald DigitizedHillsboro1886–?
The Tri-County NewsGreenfield1891–1901
The DispatchHillsboro1898–1900
The Leesburg BuckeyeLeesburg1899–1909
Mowrystown Weekly NewsSardinia, Mowrystown1900–1999
The Greenfield TimesGreenfield1900–1936
The Hillsboro DispatchHillsboro1900–1922
The Greenfield RepublicanGreenfield1901–1936
The Leesburg Weekly BuckeyeLeesburg1909–1911
The Leesburg BuckeyeLeesburg1911–1913
The Leesburg CitizenLeesburg1913–?
Leesburg Chautauqua NewsColumbus, Leesburg1914–1999
Lynchburg NewsLynchburg, Greenfield1914–?
The Greenfield IndependentGreenfield1920–1922
The Peoples PressHillsboro1923–1928
The Press-GazetteHillsboro1928–1973
Greenfield Daily TimesGreenfield1936–?
Hillsboro Press GazetteHillsboro1973–1985
The Press GazetteHillsboro1985–?
The Hillsboro TimesHillsboro1990–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Highland. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for Highland were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Barretts MillsRainsboroDistrict1972
Barretts Mills (Boundary Increase)RainsboroDistrict1979
Bell MansionHillsboroBuilding1980
Bell's First HomeHillsboroBuilding1980
Bell's Opera HouseHillsboroBuilding1980
Bell, C.S., Foundry and ShowroomHillsboroBuilding1980
East Main Street Historic DistrictHillsboroDistrict1982
Eubanks-Tytus HouseHillsboroBuilding1979
Fort Hill State ParkSinking SpringsSite1970
Gist Settlement Historic DistrictNew ViennaDistrict2024
Greenfield Commercial Historic DistrictGreenfieldDistrict2021
Highland County CourthouseHillsboroBuilding1978
Highland Egg and Poultry Company BuildingHillsboroBuilding2002
Hillsboro Historic Business DistrictHillsboroDistrict1984
Hirons-Brown HouseBufordBuilding1976
Lilley, Robert D., HouseHillsboroBuilding1982
Lyle, Samuel, Log HouseSeamanBuilding1995
Morrow-Overman-Fairley HouseHillsboroBuilding1984
Mother Thompson HouseHillsboroBuilding1982
New Market Township Community HouseHillsboroBuilding2004
Rocky Fork Park GroupMarshallStructure1973
Rocky Fork Park SiteRainsboroStructure1973
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church and Parish HouseHillsboroBuilding1988
Scott, William, HouseHillsboroBuilding1987
Smith, Samuel, House And TanneryGreenfieldBuilding1978
Travellers' Rest InnGreenfieldBuilding1979
Trop FarmHillsboroBuilding1982
Workman WorksSalem TownshipSite1971

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Highland was formed in 1805 (1805-05-01) from Adams, Clermont, Ross.

HIGHLAND created from ADAMS, CLERMONT, and ROSS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Highland County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

44k25k5,7661810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,76612,30822,26927,77330,28130,98227,61027,09928,18829,71633,47740,87543,317

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

154 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 154 listed
NameLatLon
Ambrose Cemetery39.17826-83.6706
Antioch Cemetery39.34812-83.61159
Auburn Cemetery39.29229-83.63214
Baptist Cemetery39.1345-83.66547
Barnes Cemetery39.2034-83.7327
Barr Cemetery39.15395-83.76631
Beavers Cemetery39.19659-83.42639
Belfast Cemetery39.06898-83.52275
Bells Run Cemetery39.05074-83.77881
Bethel Cemetery39.0429-83.62836
Bobbitt Cemetery39.24032-83.79343
Boyd Cemetery39.20089-83.38463
Bratton Cemetery39.02423-83.86103
Buford Cemetery39.07391-83.84389
Burnett Cemetery39.33062-83.66235
Butters Cemetery39.13895-83.4363
Byrd Cemetery39.07423-83.39046
Caldwell Cemetery39.2956-83.4547
Carlisle Cemetery39.16086-83.53351
Carmel Cemetery39.1645-83.40769
Carrier Cemetery39.10593-83.69137
Cedar Chapel Cemetery39.07256-83.42574
Chapman Cemetery39.14016-83.71968
Chapman Cemetery39.17426-83.64906
Christian Union Cemetery39.1533-83.48639
Clark Cemetery39.27895-83.68603
Countryman Cemetery39.09313-83.46186
County Home Cemetery39.18311-83.54491
Cowman Cemetery39.30867-83.4863
Creek Cemetery39.20144-83.54511
Crispin Cemetery39.3359-83.47353
Curp Cemetery39.15423-83.41824
Davidson Cemetery39.09006-83.43047
Dick Cemetery39.15402-83.47483
Dodsonville Cemetery39.2034-83.81548
Dollarhide Cemetery39.32093-83.47249
Duckwall Cemetery39.21318-83.6827
Dunkard Cemetery39.31898-83.58733
Dunkard Ridge Cemetery39.06791-83.46902
Dunns Chapel Cemetery39.23867-83.68603
Ebenezer Cemetery39.02245-83.77773
Ellis Cemetery39.24533-83.76214
Emry Cemetery39.10782-83.67589
Fairfax Cemetery39.04729-83.58845
Fairfield Cemetery39.33329-83.54912
Fenner Cemetery39.0245-83.5938
Fenner Number 1 Cemetery39.19863-83.65475
Fenner Number 2 Cemetery39.23839-83.64769
Fenner Number 3 Cemetery39.23506-83.63881
Fetterling Cemetery39.2884-83.72381
Frazer Cemetery39.05228-83.55102
Friends Cemetery39.22934-83.46308
Gibler Cemetery39.11345-83.68715
Gibler Cemetery39.1969-83.73488
Gilboa Cemetery39.27173-83.45214
Gist Cemetery39.3134-83.64825
Glascock Cemetery39.1614-83.64076
Greenfield Cemetery39.3584-83.38325
Haigh Cemetery39.06259-83.53493
Hamer Township Cemetery39.13895-83.73187
Hansbrough Cemetery39.25439-83.57078
Hardin Creek Cemetery39.30562-83.52186
Hart Cemetery39.03374-83.66016
Hartman Cemetery39.22484-83.39948
Harwood Cemetery39.13702-83.84373
Hastings Cemetery39.08561-83.53965
Head Cemetery39.17444-83.39157
Henderson Cemetery39.19838-83.78077
Hicksite Quaker Cemetery39.23561-83.48852
Higgins Cemetery39.03249-83.86701
High Top Cemetery39.28312-83.60298
Highland Cemetery39.34256-83.60214
Hillsboro Cemetery39.21479-83.60353
Hollowtown Cemetery39.11368-83.7827
Huff Cemetery39.31474-83.49373
Hulitt Cemetery39.23993-83.3545
Hurst Cemetery39.08173-83.50075
Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery39.24562-83.7902
Johnson Cemetery39.27367-83.51131
Kelly Cemetery39.15991-83.58918
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Fallsville39.29229-83.63131
Gall39.09201-83.46103
Honolulu39.16756-83.83715
Luttleton39.16701-83.78881
Sharpsville39.25756-83.74909
Sicily39.0284-83.86354
Sorg39.10868-83.67576

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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