name Highlands native name native name lang A Gh idhealtachd Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Hielans Scots settlement type image skyline Highlands lowlands.png imagesize image alt image caption Lowland ... Hut alongside the Allt a Mhuilinn The Highlands lang gd A Gh idhealtachd , the place of the Gaels lang sco the Hielands are an historic region of Scotland . The area is sometimes referred to as the ScottishHighlands . It was culturally distinguishable from the Scottish Lowlands Lowlands from ... from the Northwest Highlands . The Scottish Gaelic name of A Gh idhealtachd literally means the place .... The Scottish Reformation achieved partial success in the Highlands. Roman Catholicism remained ... thumb right Inverness , the administrative centre of the Highlands In traditional Scottish geography ... the Highlands and Islands area. An Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions electoral region called Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament electoral region Highlands and Islands is used ... Highland 2007 Highland Land League Highland March List of fauna of the ScottishHighlands List of towns and villages in the ScottishHighlands Mountains and hills of Scotland References Reflist Further reading Baxter, Colin, and C. J. Tabraham. The ScottishHighlands 2008 , heavily illustrated .... The Rough Guide to ScottishHighlands and Islands 3rd ed. 2004 Keay, J. and J. Keay. Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland 1994 Kermack, William Ramsay. The ScottishHighlands a short history, c. 300 1746 1957 Lister, John Anthony. The ScottishHighlands 1978 External links http www.ambaile.org.uk Am ... relating to the ScottishHighlands Geography topics Physical geography topics Scotland topics Scottish ... Uheldirio Bro Skos ca Terres altes d Esc cia cs ScottishHighlands cy Ucheldiroedd yr Alban da Det ... Altas Esc cia ru sco Scots Hielands simple ScottishHighlands fi Yl maat ...Use British English date August 2011 Dablink This article pertains to the geographic region of the Highlands ... more details
This is a list of fauna of the ScottishHighlands . Mammals Badger European Otter Field vole Goat Mink Invasive species invasive Moose reintroduction reintroduced Mountain Hare Pine Marten Red Deer Red Fox Red Squirrel Reindeer reintroduction reintroduced Roe Deer Scottish Wildcat Sheep Stoat European water vole Water vole Highland cattle Scottish highland cattle Birds Black Grouse Black throated diver Buzzard Capercaille Common gull Common sandpiper Cuckoo Curlew Dipper Dotterel Dunlin Golden Eagle Greenshank Greylag Goose Hen Harrier Hooded crow Meadow Pipit Merlin bird Merlin Osprey Peregrine Falcon rock ptarmigan Ptarmigan Raven Red Grouse Red Kite reintroduced Red throated diver Ring ouzel Scottish Crossbill endemism endemic Snipe Snow Bunting Stonechat Wheatear Reptiles Vipera berus Adder Viviparous Lizard Amphibians Common Frog Palmate newt Fish Salvelinus Charr Salmon Trout Insects Beetles Green tiger beetle Green Tiger Beetle Ground Beetle Bees Bilberry bumblebee Heath bumblebee Butterflies and Moths Large Heath Butterfly Mountain Ringlet Mountain Ringlet Butterfly Scotch Argus Scotch Argus Butterfly Black Mountain Moth Emperor Moth Fox Moth Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth Mountain Burnet Moth Northern Dart Moth Northern Eggar Moth Dragonflies Azure Hawker Azure Hawker Dragonfly Four spotted Chaser Four spotted Chaser Dragonfly Golden ringed Dragonfly Other Cranefly Deer ked Midge Sheep tick Sources Kempe and Wrightham, Hostile Habitats Scotland s Mountain Environment Scottish Mountaineering Trust 2006, ISBN 0907521932 See also Fauna of Scotland Expand list date August 2008 DEFAULTSORT Scotland Category Scotland related lists Category Fauna of Great Britain Scotland Category Fauna of Scotland ... more details
Traditional dyes of the ScottishHighlands are the native natural dye vegetable dye s used in G idhealteachd Scottish Gaeldom . The following are the principal dyestuffs with the colours they produce. Several of the tints are very bright, but have now been superseded by various mineral dyes. The Latin names are given where known and also the Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic names for various ingredients. Amateurs may wish to experiment with some of the suggestions, but should note that urine human or animal is used in many recipes as a mordant . They should also note that a number of the recipes used are for more than one colour, and that this chart is only a guide, and also that Scottish Gaelic spelling is subject to variations. Claret Claret corcur a lichen scraped off rocks and steeped in urine for three months, then taken out, made into cakes, and hung in bags to dry. When used these cakes are reduced to powder, and the colour fixed with alum . Black Dubh Image Closeup of blackthorn aka sloe aka prunus spinosa sweden 20050924.jpg right thumb prunus spinosa Black finest Common dock root with copperas . Darach oak bark and copperas also grey , seileastair , Iris plant iris root Sgitheach , Crataegus hawthorn bark with copperas Alder bark with copperas Blue black Common sloe Prunus spinosa preas nan irneag Arctostaphylos uva ursi Red bearberry Arbutus uva ursi , grainnseag Blue Gorm Image Vaccinum myrtillus 020503.jpg right thumb Vaccinum myrtillus Blue Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus with alum or copperas Elderberry Sambucus nigra with alum Ailleann elecampane Brown ... publications on line NaturallyScottish lichens default.asp Scottish National Heritage site on Lichen ... Bibliographic references for Parmelia Further reading Fraser, Jean Traditional Scottish Dyes , Canongate, 1983, ISBN 0 8624 1108 4 Dyeing DEFAULTSORT Traditional Dyes Of The ScottishHighlands Category Natural dyes Category Scottish dress Category Cultural history of Scotland Category Textile arts ... more details
Scottish Parliament region infobox Name Highlands and Islands Year 1999 Map File Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament electoral region .svg 220px MSP Scottish National Party 9 br Scottish Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats 2 br Scottish Labour Party Labour Party 2 br Scottish Conservative Party ... Eileanan Siar br Orkney Isles br Shetland Isles Constituencies Argyll and Bute Scottish Parliament constituency Argyll and Bute br Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Scottish Parliament constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Ross br Inverness and Nairn Scottish Parliament constituency Inverness and Nairn , Moray Scottish Parliament constituency Moray br Na h Eileanan an Iar Scottish Parliament constituency Na h Eileanan an Iar br Orkney Scottish Parliament constituency Orkney br Shetland Scottish Parliament constituency Shetland br Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Scottish Parliament constituency Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight Scottish Parliament constituencies ... and Islands area has a large area of overlap with the ScottishHighlands , and the two ... Election box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Highlands and Islands Election ... Area Election box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 2011 Highlands and Islands Election box ... Election box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Highlands and Islands Election ... Electoral Area Election box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Highlands and Islands ... box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 2003 Highlands and Islands Election box scottish ... begin title Scottish Parliament election, 1999 Highlands and Islands Election box constituency new ... Election box begin title Scottish Parliament election, 1999 Highlands and Islands Election box scottish ... scottish candidate electoral region with party link party Highlands and Islands Alliance votes 2,607 ... Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 2011 Scottish regions DEFAULTSORT Highlands And Islands ... more details
List of town and villages in the ScottishHighlandsHighlands of Scotland . Note this covers a wider area than just the Highland council area Highland council area . col begin col break Aberfeldy, Scotland Aberfeldy , Perth and Kinross Aboyne , Aberdeenshire Achfary , Highland council area Highland Alness , Highland council area Highland Altnaharra , Highland council area Highland Applecross , Highland council area Highland Arisaig , Highland council area Highland Arrochar , Argyll and Bute , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Auldearn , Highland council area Highland Aultbea , Highland council area Highland Aviemore , Highland council area Highland , Cairngorms National Park Avoch , Highland council area Highland Back of Keppoch , Highland council area Highland Balintore, Easter Ross Balintore , Highland council area Highland Ballachulish , Highland council area Highland Ballater , Aberdeenshire , Cairngorms National Park Balloch , Highland council area Highland Banavie , Highland council area Highland Banchory , Aberdeenshire Beauly , Highland council area Highland Bettyhill , Highland council area Highland Blair Atholl , Perth and Kinross , Cairngorms National Park Blairgowrie , Perth and Kinross Boat of Garten , Highland council area Highland , Cairngorms National Park Braemar , Aberdeenshire , Cairngorms National Park Braetongue , Highland council area Highland Bridge of Orchy , Argyll and Bute Campbeltown , Argyll and Bute Cannich , Highland council area Highland Carrbridge , Highland council area Highland , Cairngorms National Park Castlebay , Na h Eileanan Siar Castletown , Highland council area Highland Coldbackie , Highland council area Highland Cammachmore , Aberdeenshire Contin , Highland council area Highland Cookney , Aberdeenshire Corpach , Highland council area Highland Craighouse , Argyll and Bute Crieff , Perth and Kinross Crianlarich , Stirling ... of places in Scotland ScottishHighlands ... more details
The Highlands may refer to ScottishHighlands The Highlands Louisville The Highlands Pennsylvania historic mansion and gardens located 17 miles north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Highlands School located in Irving, Texas The Highlands Seattle a gated community The Highlands Wheeling, West Virginia shopping, dining and entertainment complex New York New Jersey Highlands A range of mountains primarily in Western New Jersey disambig de The Highlands ... more details
Image Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament electoral region .svg thumb The Highlands and Islands government region. Some Highland districts are not shown. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are broadly the ScottishHighlands plus Orkney , Shetland and the Hebrides . The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters Holdings Scotland Act, 1886 Crofters Act of 1886 applied. This area consisted of the areas of seven of the Counties of Scotland counties of Scotland Argyll Inverness shire Ross and Cromarty Sutherland Caithness Orkney Shetland Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highlands and Islands Enterprise HIE uses a broader definition also used at Eurostat s Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS level 2, and there has been a Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region Highlands and Islands electoral region of the Scottish Parliament since 1999. In Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service the name refers to the local government areas Council areas of Scotland council areas of Highland council area Highland , Orkney , Shetland and the Western Isles . Northern , as in Northern Constabulary , is also used to refer to this area. The Highlands and Islands Partnership for Transport , established in 2006, covers most of the council areas of Argyll and Bute , Highland council area Highland , Moray , Orkney and the Western Isles , Shetland is covered by the separate Shetland Partnership for Transport . In the Scottish Parliament election held on 3 May 2007, the Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament electoral region Highlands ... in determining that the Scottish National Party overtook the Scottish Labour Party to obtain the largest representation in the Scottish Parliament by one seat. ref http highlandsandislandschristianparty.co.uk ... and Bute Category Highlands and Islands of Scotland Scotland geo stub ca Highlands and Islands de Highlands and Islands no De skotske h yland og ygrupper simple Highlands and Islands ... more details
The Highlands Links Golf Course , is a public golf course located near the village of Ingonish, Nova Scotia Ingonish Beach in Nova Scotia , Canada .Highlands Links is located in Cape Breton Highlands National Park , and is owned and operated by Parks Canada . History In 1939 when the National Park Service hired Stanley Thompson to design and build what he later called the mountains and ocean course, he told friends that it was the best contract he ever had. He was given one of the country s most scenic and awe inspiring national parks, and had just one mandate take advantage of it. The result is an inspired .... Highlands Links began as a nine hole course with Thompson convincing his employers that a second ..., the course has retained its shape. Many have referred to Highlands Links as Thompson s homage to golf s Scottish roots and St. Andrews in particular. Holes have names like Heich O Fash which means Heap of Trouble and many of the fairways are remarkably similar to Scottish topography. The seventh hole, Killiecrankie, resembles the long narrow pass of Killiecrankie in the Highlands of Scotland ... that have challenged golfers since the 15th century can also be found at Highlands Links. The fifth ..., Eden. Other typical Scottish trademarks include heroic tees with their long forced carries, blind tee ... Highlands Links. The Course The course is an 18 hole, par 72, course measuring about 6600 yards ... of vegetation have all contributed to Highlands Links no longer providing a true reflection of Stanley ... plan that will return Highlands Links to its former glory. Progress is under way. Ranking In 2002, Scoregolf rated Highlands Links the best golf course in all of Canada. In 2003, Golf Digest rated the Highlands Links the 64th best golf course in the world. In 2007, Golf Magazine rated the Highlands ... Highlands Links Golf Course http www.golfcapebreton.com Golf Cape Breton http www.planetproshop.com store bcanadahighlandslinksb The Highlands Links Online Pro Shop coord 46.6568 N 60.3916 W display ... more details
Central Highlands is the name for several mountainous regions located in the center of the nations or geographical regions. Central Highlands Central America Central Highland France Central Highlands Iceland Central Highland Japan Central Highlands Madagascar Central Highlands Malaysia Central Highlands Sri Lanka Central Highlands Tasmania , Australia Central Highlands Victoria , Australia Central Highlands Vietnam geodis pl P askowy Centralny zh ... more details
Maree Loch Ness See also http www.visitwester ross.com Wester Ross Assynt ScottishHighlands Sutherland Torridonian sandstone External links http www.planetware.com scotland northwest highlands gb hgh nwhgh.htm NW Highlands Category Geography of Scotland Category Geography of Highland council area de Northwest Highlands fr Northwest Highlands hu szaknyugati felf ld pnb pl G ry Kaledo skie sr uk simple Northwest Highlands ...coord 58.019 4.474 display title region GB scale 500000 The Northwest Highlands are the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains Scotland Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen Glen More . The region comprises http www.visitwester ross.com Wester Ross , Assynt, Caithness and Sutherland. The Caledonian Canal , which extends from Loch Linnhe in the west, via Loch Ness to the Moray Firth in the north splits this area from the rest of the country. The city of Inverness and the town of Fort William , by far the two largest settlements in the area, both straddle the boundary between the Northwest Highlands and the Grampian Mountains . Geology The Highlands are formed on Lewisian complex Lewisian gneiss , the oldest layers of Rock geology rock in Scotland. Liathach , Beinn Alligin , Suilven , C l M r , C l Beag , and Quinag are just some of the impressive rock islands of dark red Torridonian sandstone which rests on the gneiss, being the younger rock. Some of the peaks, such as Beinn Eighe and Canisp , are topped with later light gray or white Cambrian quartzite . The gneiss, sandstones and quartzite are among the oldest rocks in the world. The city of Inverness , known as the Capital of the Highlands , is by far the largest settlement in the region. It is the administrative .... The Northwest Highlands are typically not quite as cold as the Cairngorms. Considering its ... of Lochalsh , Mallaig , Dingwall , Dornoch , and Ullapool . List of places in the Northwest Highlands ... more details
Highlands School may refer to Highland High School disambiguation Highland Secondary School disambiguation Highlands Elementary School disambiguation Highlands School, Grange Park , Middlesex, United Kingdom Highlands School North Carolina , Highlands, North Carolina Highlands Primary School, Redbridge , England The Highlands School , Irving, Texas, USA The Highlands School, Reading , England It may also refer to Highland Hills Middle School , Georgetown, Indiana, USA schooldis disambig ... more details
Baltimore Highlands may refer to a location in Maryland, the United States Baltimore Highlands, Maryland , a census designated place in southern Baltimore County Baltimore Highlands Baltimore Light Rail station Lansdowne Baltimore Highlands, Maryland , former census designated place Baltimore Highlands, Baltimore , a neighborhood in east Baltimore city Disambig ... more details
The Southern Highlands could refer to Southern Highlands New South Wales Southern Highlands, New South Wales , Australia, a small geographical and wine region located between Sydney and Canberra. Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands, Nevada , an affluent community in southwest Las Vegas Southern Highlands, Appalachian Mountains , southeast United States Southern Highlands, Tanzania , Africa , a region of rich biodiversity at the southern tip of the East African Rift disambig ... more details
Infobox Song See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Highlands Artist Bob Dylan Album Time Out of Mind Released September 30, 1997 Recorded January 1997 Genre Blues rock Length 16 31 Label Columbia Records Columbia Writer Bob Dylan Producer Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc Extra tracklisting Album Time Out of Mind Type studio Tracks Love Sick Dirt Road Blues Standing in the Doorway Million Miles Bob Dylan song Million Miles Tryin to Get to Heaven Til I Fell in Love with You Not Dark Yet Cold Irons Bound Make You Feel My Love Can t Wait Bob Dylan song Can t Wait HighlandsHighlands is a song by Bob Dylan , released on his 30th studio album Time Out of Mind in 1997. It is Dylan s longest known studio recording at sixteen minutes and thirty one seconds. The song s title is borrowed from the poem My Heart s in the Highlands by Scottish poet Robert Burns . Citation needed date April 2010 In the song s lyrics, Dylan makes a humorous reference to fellow musician and songwriter Neil Young , as well as author Erica Jong . Structure The song is based on a simple blues scale E blues riff, inspired, according to Dylan, by an unnamed Charlie Patton Charley Patton record that has yet to be identified. ref Sounes, H., 2002. Down The Highway The Life of Bob Dylan. Grove Press. p481. ref The riff is played the whole way through the song. The song has no traditional chorus or bridge. ref Marshall, L., 2007. Bob Dylan The Never Ending Star. Polity. pp. 246 ref Other versions A live version of the song was included on the limited edition version of The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 . The recording came from the performance in Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California, on March 16, 2000. External links http www.bobdylan.com songs highlands Lyrics References references Bob Dylan DEFAULTSORT Highlands Song Category Songs written by Bob Dylan Category Bob Dylan songs ... es Highlands canci n ... more details
Pennsylvania Highlands may refer to Pennsylvania Highlands Community College , a community college and vocational school with two branches located in Johnstown and Ebensburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Highlands Region , a region in a section of the Appalachian Mountains located in Eastern Pennsylvania disambig ... more details
Western Highlands may refer to Western Highlands Papua New Guinea Western High Plateau , a region of Cameroon geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Highlands Today image Image Highlands Today.JPG 175px type Daily newspaper caption Front page of Highlands Today , April 20, 2007 owners Media General format Broadsheet foundation headquarters Sebring, Florida Sebring , Florida website http www.highlandstoday.com www.highlandstoday.com Highlands Today is a Media General owned newspaper published in Sebring, Florida . It is associated with The Tampa Tribune Copies of the Tribune distributed in Highlands County, Florida include the supplement, which focuses on issues relevant to Sebring, Avon Park, Florida Avon Park , Lake Placid, Florida Lake Placid , and other communities within the county. External links http www.highlandstoday.com Highlands Today br clear all Media General Florida newspaper stub Category Newspapers published in Florida Category Media General publications ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The region of the Chiapas Highlands Altos de Chiapas is located in Chiapas, and Guanjuato , the southern most Mexican state state of Mexico . Many pre Columbian Maya civilization sites are located in these highlands. Coord missing Mexico DEFAULTSORT Chiapas Highlands Category Maya sites in Chiapas Category Geography of Chiapas Category Geography of Mesoamerica Category Natural history of Chiapas Mesoamerica stub Chiapas geo stub ... more details
Crocker Highlands may refer to Crocker Highlands, Oakland, California , United States Crocker Highlands Elementary School in Oakland, California Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. disambig ... more details
Virginia Highlands may refer to Virginia Highland , a neighborhoods of Atlanta neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia Virginia Highlands is a very common though incorrect variation of the name the correct name of one of the original subdivisions of the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia the southwesternmost region of the US state of Virginia around Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon disambiguation ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 Infobox Bus transit name Stagecoach Highlands logo Stagecoach ballbus.png logo size 250px image company slogan parent Stagecoach Group Stagecoach Group plc headquarters Inverness , Scotland , United Kingdom UK founded 1998 Rapsons br 2008 Stagecoach Highlands locale service area Highlands Scotland ScottishHighlands , Inverness , Orkney service type Bus hubs Inverness , Thurso , Kirkwall , Portree , Fort William, Scotland Fort William stations lounge ridership fuel type operator Stagecoach Group ceo website http www.stagecoachbus.com fife Official Website Stagecoach Highlands is the division of the Stagecoach Group which covers most of the former Rapson Group operations after the take over by Stagecoach in May 2008. History Rapsons Coaches covered the Highlands and Orkney. Rapsons also covered Shetland till 2004 and also took over the bus opeartor in Shetland and Orkney, Shalder Coaches. Orkney Coaches had a logo saying Orkney with many of their services opearting around the Orkney Islands. However, the takeover happened in May 2008 and was finally complete in 2009. Some of the Rapson colours and logo are still on some of the fleet but have the Stagecoach logo at the front and the Rapson logo on the side and both the Rapsons and Stagecoach logo on the rear. In April 2011 the operations at Inverness & Easter Ross were transferred to the Highland Country operating license from the Bluebird Buses license. File Stagecoach Group bus, original corporate livery, Inverness, 1999.png thumb right 175px A picture of Inverness Stagecoach Group bus, during 1999 . Operation Stagecoach in Caithness is used for services around the Caithness area covering Thurso , Wick Highland Wick and John O Groats . Stagecoach in Inverness is used for services in and around the city of Inverness , Aviemore & Easter Ross area. Stagecoach in Orkney is used for services around ... Hopper See also Highland Scottish References reflist External links http www.stagecoachbus.com caithness ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Highlands Region other name native name nickname settlement type List of regions of Papua New Guinea Region motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map Papua New Guinea Highlands Region.png mapsize map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Papua New Guinea subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type2 Largest city subdivision name2 Mount Hagen government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref area footnotes area total km2 62400 area land km2 population as of 2000 population footnotes population note population total 1973996 population density km2 auto timezone1 Time in Australia AEST utc offset1 10 timezone1 DST utc offset1 DST latd latm lats latNS S longd longm longs longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes Highlands Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea . Subdivision The Region is administratively divided into five provinces Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands Enga Province Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Simbu Province Simbu Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea Eastern Highlands See also Provinces of Papua New Guinea Regions of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea geo stub coord missing Papua New Guinea Category Regions of Papua New Guinea als Highlands Region el fr R gion des Hautes Terres id Region Pegunungan it Regione delle Terre Alte ja pt Regi o das Terras Altas ru ... more details
File Horn La novsk sk ly.JPG right 250px thumb La novsk rock formations of the Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands in Czech language Czech , Vizovick vrchovina is an area of relatively modest but rugged highlands within the Zlin Region of the Czech Republic , named for the town of Vizovice . Geologically the highlands are part of the Slovak Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians . The highest peak of the Vizovice Highlands is Kl ov , at 753 meters above sea level. The entire mountainous region covers an area of 1399 square kilometers, and has an average height of 339 meters. The primary composition of the range is Carpathian flysch . The D evnice River, among others, originates here, and the towns include Vizovice , Zlin , Uhersk Brod , and the spa town of Luha ovice . commonscat Vizovick vrchovina coord 49 12 32 N 17 56 44 E region CZ type mountain source kolossus dewiki display title Category Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Category Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Category Geography of the Zl n Region cs Vizovick vrchovina de Vizovick vrchovina pl G ry Wizowickie ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Highlands, Texas settlement type Census designated place CDP nickname ... Highlands.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Highlands, Texas Location subdivision type List ... footnotes Highlands is a census designated place CDP located along the Union Pacific Railroad , north ... Handbook of Texas id HH hfh4 name Highlands, Texas ref The population was 7,089 at the 2000 census. Highlands is the hometown of Tejas Motorsports, T.J. Ford, Robert Francois, Justin Smith, Billy ... Judge, Beavis and Butthead, are also from Highlands Texas. History The community was named Highlands because the east bank of the San Jacinto River Texas San Jacinto River , where Highlands is located, has a higher elevation than the west bank of the river. By 1908 Highlands became a station on the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway . A post office opened in 1929. Highlands incorporated in 1930 its charter was voided, leaving Highlands as unincorporated again. In the 1930s Highlands ... two churches, a factory, a school, and a sawmill in Highlands. Highlands housed military members and war plant personnel during World War II . By 1948 Highlands had 3,000 residents and 75 businesses ... for Highlands to incorporate did not pass. In the 1960s Highlands had a canning sales company and an industrial chemical company. In the early 1960s Highlands had 4,336 residents and 82 businesses. In 1965 W. O. Hutson built the Double Trouble Youth Rodeo Arena. In the early 1970s Highlands had 3,462 residents and 66 businesses. By 1977 Highlands had 5,000 residents in 1989 Highlands reported the same population. In 1990 Highlands had an estimated population of 6,632. ref name Handbook Geography File HighlandsTXMap.gif thumb Map of the Highlands CDP Highlands is located at Coord 29 49 0 N 95 ... 0.4 sqmi km2 of it 6.09 is water. Highlands is located on the banks of the San Jacinto River Texas San Jacinto River and the Houston Ship Channel . The majority of the land in Highlands is on a high river ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Lake Highlands nickname image skyline image caption The Dallas skyline as seen from Flag Pole Hill, in Lake Highlands image flag image seal image map Dallas, Texas map ... website http www.lhaia.org footnotes Lake Highlands is an area in Dallas, Texas Dallas , Texas United ... Council District 10 as The Lake Highlands District. ref Editorial We recommend Jerry Allen in Dallas ... district 10.ece ref The area commonly referred to as Lake Highlands lies north of Texas State Highway ... of or closely connected with Lake Highlands however, some of them may not be located entirely within Lake Highlands or may be considered parts of Lake Highlands by some and not others. Some are official ... defined boundaries and may overlap. Additionally, some areas within Lake Highlands, especially commercial ... Country Forest Forest Highlands Forest Meadow, Dallas, Texas Forest Meadow Glen Oaks Hamilton Park, Dallas, Texas Hamilton Park Highlands West Highland Meadows, Dallas, Texas Highland Meadows High Oaks Addition Jackson Meadow L Streets, Dallas, Texas L Streets Lake Highlands Estates Lake Highlands North Lake Highlands Square Lake Highlands Village West Lake Ridge Estates Lovely Place Commons ... Northwood Heights Oak Highlands Oak Tree Village Pebble Creek Richland Park Estates Rolling Trails Royal Highlands Royal Highlands Village Royal Lane Village Stults Road Town Creek, Dallas, Texas Town ... States Postal Service operates the Lake Highlands Post Office ref http usps.whitepages.com service post office lake highlands 10502 markison rd dallas tx 1369590 Post Office Location LAKE HIGHLANDS ... Post Office within the Lake Highlands area. Education Public Education Most of the Lake Highlands ... School District . The RISD portion of Lake Highlands is served by the following schools Elementary ... School Forestridge Elementary School Lake Highlands Elementary School Between the northern hemisphere fall of 2004 and December 2007, Lake Highlands Elementary lost over one third of its student population ... more details
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