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Highland County, Virginia

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7historic places

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1847formed

2,232pop. 2020

5cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near McDowell, Monterey.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Highland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Crab Run Lane Truss Bridge	McDowell	Structure	2009
Jones, C.P., House and Law Office	Monterey	Building	2013
Mansion House	McDowell	Building	2006
McClung Farm Historic District	McDowell	District	1991
McDowell Presbyterian Church	McDowell	Building	2020
Monterey High School	Monterey	Building	2002
Monterey Hotel	Monterey	Building	1974

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 1847 (1847-05-01) from Bath, Pendleton (W.

HIGHLAND created from BATH and PENDLETON (W.Va.).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Highland County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,227	4,319	5,164	5,647	4,931	4,875	4,069	3,221	2,937	2,536	2,232

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

5 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Big Valley Cemetery	38.24737	-79.65031
Blue Grass Cemetery	38.5015	-79.55088
Fairview Cemetery	38.36234	-79.70283
Griffin Cemetery	38.31302	-79.62845
Stony Run Cemetery	38.22871	-79.70101

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Buckeye	38.28484	-79.74783
Naples	38.36929	-79.69727

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Mcdowell	4,540	10.3 km	VA102
Greenbrier River	975	28.1 km	WV007

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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