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History & Heritage of Highland County - Articles and tales about the history and heritage of Highland County. We encourage readers with an interest in an aspect of the history or heritage of Highland County, Virginia to share with the world via the web.

Submissions will be reviewed before posting, but this is your opportunity to share and preserve your knowledge of the history and heritage of Highland County. We accept articles on historic buildings and places, historical events, tales from Highland County's past. Biographies of notable residents who have contributed to the development and heritage of Highland County.

Formation of Highland County Posted by DigitalDominion (695)

Formation of Highland County
(excerpts from A history of Highland County, Virginia By Oren Frederic Morton - published 1911)

The forming of Highland was one of the events which are perfectly natural. It was not so much that Pendleton and Bath were too long, although the people near their common boundary were farther from their county seats than were the people at the other extremities of those counties. The new turnpike gave the Highland area an advantage which the other sections of the two counties did not possess. The census of 1850 was to show that Highland had more people than Bath, though not so many as Pendleton. And when to economic considerations are added the ambitions of men desirous of public office, a movement to create a new county becomes a very active force.