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Highland

Highland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,232, making it the state's least populous jurisdiction, including counties and independent cities.
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  • Type: County with 2,320 residents
  • Description: county in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Highland County”, “Highland County, VA”, and “Highland County, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trimble Knob.

Volcano
, located southwest of in Highland County, , is a conical hill composed of basalt, a volcanic rock, of Eocene age. It is the eroded remnant of what was an active volcano or diatreme that last erupted approximately 35 million years ago, making it one of the youngest volcanos on the east coast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vanderpool and Hightown.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in Highland County, , United States. is located 3.8 miles south-southwest of at the junction of Virginia State Route 84 and U.S. Route 220.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community at the crossroads of U.S. Route 250 and Secondary State Route 640 in Highland County, , United States. is located approximately 3 miles northwest of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Highland County, , United States. is located 5.2 miles southwest of on State Route 84.

Highland

Latitude
38.3842° or 38° 23′ 3″ north
Longitude
-79.5908° or 79° 35′ 27″ west
Population
2,320
Elevation
3,488 feet (1,063 metres)
Open location code
87C29CM5+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8389393949
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4764100
Wiki­data ID
Q505861
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Highland” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Highland County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هايلاند، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هايلاند”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه هايلاند، فيرجينيا”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնաշխարհ”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Highland”
  • Basque: “Highland konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Highland County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হাইল্যান্ড কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “হাইল্যান্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Хайланд”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Highland”
  • Catalan: “Highland County”
  • Cebuano: “Highland County”
  • Chechen: “Хайленд”
  • Chinese: “Highland Kūn”
  • Chinese: “高地县”
  • Chinese: “高地縣”
  • Chinese: “高地郡”
  • Dutch: “Highland County”
  • Esperanto: “Highland County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Highland”
  • Estonian: “Highlandi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Highlandin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Highland”
  • French: “Comté de Highland”
  • French: “Highland County”
  • Georgian: “ჰაილენდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Highland County”
  • Gilaki: “هایلند ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “هایلند ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז היילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Highland megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Highland”
  • Italian: “contea di Highland”
  • Italian: “Contea di Highland”
  • Italian: “Highland County”
  • Japanese: “ハイランド郡”
  • Korean: “하일랜드군”
  • Low German: “Highland County”
  • Mazanderani: “هایلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Highland Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Highland Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Highland County i Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Highland County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Highland fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Highland County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هایلند، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هایلند”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Highland”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Highland”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Highland”
  • Portuguese: “Highland County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Highland, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Highland”
  • Russian: “Хайленд”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Highland”
  • Serbian: “Highland County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хајланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highland County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Highland”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Highland”
  • Spanish: “Highland County”
  • Swedish: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Highland County”
  • Tatar: “Хайленд (округ, Виргиния)”
  • Tatar: “Хайленд”
  • Tumbuka: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Highland County”
  • Turkish: “Highland County, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Highland County, VA”
  • Turkish: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Highland County”
  • Turkish: “Highland ilçesi, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Highland ilçesi, VA”
  • Turkish: “Highland ilçesi, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Highland ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайленд”
  • Urdu: “ہائلینڈ کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ہائلینڈ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Highland”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Highland, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Highland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Highland, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Highland”
  • Welsh: “Highland County, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Highland County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہائیلینڈ کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hannah Field Aerodrome and Highland County Fair.

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