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Highland’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Highland is a town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 724 at the 2020 census. The village of Highland is located within the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 842 to 874 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.

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.

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Highland, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

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 Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex in Pulaski, 6.5 miles away.

Highland and the nearest listed places

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Pulaski Presbyterian Church ComplexJohn Young HouseLinden Methodist ChurchLinden High SchoolBloyer Mound GroupHenry Fiedler House

Closest to Highland

Pulaski Presbyterian Church ComplexPulaski · Building6.5miJohn Young HouseMuscoda · Built 19009.9miLinden Methodist ChurchLinden · Built 185110.5miLinden High SchoolLinden · Building10.7miBloyer Mound GroupOrion · Site10.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Highland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Highland’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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