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Welcome to the Highland City Home page. The Highland City Home page provides as much information as possible on Highland City. Knowing Highland City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Highland City’s Home page, you will also find Highland City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Highland City has a population of 11392. 49.2% of Highland City’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.8 are female. 53.3% of Highland City is married and 80.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $188,338, and the average rent is $1,181. Household median income in Highland City is $68,555, and the individual median income is $31,625. Highland City’s Ethnic is the following: White(78.2%), Hispanic(14.9%), Black(9%), Other(6.8%), Multiple(3.2%), Asian(2.7%).


The modern-day area of Highland City was the site of the United States Army's Fort Fraser, established in 1837 during its war with the Seminole Indians. Zachary Taylor, former U.S. President, commanded the fort for a short period. Fort Fraser was abandoned shortly after its construction. In 1885, the Pemberton Ferry Branch of the South Florida Railroad was completed between Lakeland and Bartow.


The area now known as Highland City was the only stop between the two larger cities. The stop, and eventual village, was named for the Haskell brothers, who were early investors in the South Florida Railroad. E. B. Haskell was a newspaper publisher from Boston, Massachusetts and his brother Dr. C. C.


Haskell, of Maitland, Florida, was an original stakeholder in the South Florida Railroad. In addition to the town of Haskell, the South Florida Railroad's #6 locomotive was named the E. B. Haskell.The Haskell freight depot was built by the railroad company along the roadway that would later become U.S.


Highway 98. (In 1958, the depot was demolished due to its proximity to the roadway, and was replaced by a new freight building). The first postmaster (and also the first freight agent of the depot) in Haskell, Thomas A. Goode, was appointed on February 9, 1887.Developer W. F. Hallam had begun to develop the Lakeland Highlands area by 1924.


Hallam built the Hallam Country Clubhouse in the area west of Highland City and the road accessing the clubhouse became known as Clubhouse Road. The development of the Highlands also brought an influx of new residents to the Haskell community.In 1925, the community of Haskell was incorporated by the Florida legislature, which also had the effect of officially changing the community's name to Highlands City.


The city elected its first officials: By 1927, the town's official area was reduced due to a lawsuit brought on behalf of a few Highland City landowners. This ended the town's short stint as an incorporated place.


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