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Highland, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Highland a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Highland Home page. The Highland Home page provides as much information as possible on Highland. Knowing Highland’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Highland’s Home page, you will also find Highland’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Highland has a population of 10122. 49.5% of Highland’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.5 are female. 52.3% of Highland is married and 67.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $154,315, and the average rent is $739. Household median income in Highland is $64,332, and the individual median income is $34,383. Highland’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.5%), Asian(2.5%), Black(2.5%), Hispanic(2.1%), Multiple(1.5%).
Highland, Illinois was settled in the early 19th century by Swiss-German settlers. The town was founded in 1837 and celebrated its 175th Jubilee in 2012. It was first named Helvetia (pronounced hellveesha) in accordance with the Heritage of the town's Swiss-German founding members. The town voted to change its name to the English version - Highland, in the early 20th century, as well as stopping production of its German language newspaper, in part to avoid negativity towards those of Germanic heritage at the advent of the First World War.
Around the same time, a small town in northern Illinois also started calling itself Highland. Eventually, the town in northern Illinois became Highland Park. Highland also has been home to many well-known businesses including Pet Milk and the Wicks Organ Company. For the past 60 years, Highland Supply Corporation has been producing and selling Floral Grass - a traditional decorative product used to line Easter baskets.
Highland is also home to The Korte Company (builder of many large and well-known buildings including Universal Studios in Florida). Highland has a rich history including extended visits by such notables as Abraham Lincoln.On November 21, 1915, the Liberty Bell passed through Highland on its nationwide tour returning to Pennsylvania from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
After that trip, the Liberty Bell returned to Pennsylvania and will not be moved again.The current mayor is Kevin B. Hemann.Highland is in the process of implementing citywide availability of a municipal broadband network using Fiber to the home technology.
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