Official Name: | Highgate Center, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Highgate Center |
Coordinates: | 44.9383°N -73.0447°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Franklin |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Highgate |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.79 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.72 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 361 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 305 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05459 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-33175 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2586638 |
Highgate Center is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 361,[2] out of 3,472 in the entire town of Highgate.
The CDP is in northwestern Franklin County, in the south-central part of the town of Highgate. It sits on the north side of the Missisquoi River, a west-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain, where the river passes over Highgate Falls. Vermont Route 78 (Franklin Street) passes through the center of the village, leading southeast 6miles to Vermont Route 105 at Sheldon Junction and southwest 4miles to Swanton. Vermont Route 207 also passes through the village, leading south 9miles to St. Albans and northeast 6miles to the Canadian border at Morses Line.