The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHighland is a city in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. The city was incorporated in 1998 and is located in Sharp County. It is the fourth largest city in Sharp County with an estimated population of 1,047 in 2024.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,045 to 982 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Highland yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Highland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland’s history is told.
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Highland, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Highland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Highland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ernest Daugherty House in Hardy, 3.5 miles away.
Highland and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.