Virginia Genealogy Trails welcomes you to Highland County Genealogy and History Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this website become a useful research tool. If you would like to join our group and become the host of this county, please visit our Volunteer Page and contact Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and basic webpage skills are necessary) We regret that we have no time to perform personal research for anybody. All data we come across will be added to this site, so please keep checking back here. If you would like to be notified of when our Virginia sites are updated, Subscribe to our Mailing Lists. Virginia is covered on the Northeast States List County History The county seat is Monterey.  Highland County is sometimes known as "Virginia's Little Switzerland".  It was formerd in 1847, from Pendleton and Bath Counties.  Because of it's elevation, it was named Highland.  This land of high mountain valleys, sheep and cattle grazing farms and vast woodlands is known for its pristine scenic beauty and rural charm. It is one of the least populated counties in the east and boasts one of the highest mean elevations of any county east of the Mississippi River. Originally settled by Scotch/Irish highlanders and German immigrants, Highland is now an eclectic mix of native farm families and new residents drawn to the high quality of life. TOWN Monterey UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES Blue Grass - Clover Creek - Doe Hill - Forks of Waters - Hardscrabble - Head Waters Hightown - Liberty - McDowell - Meadowdale - Mill Gap - Mustoe New Hampden - Palo Alto - Patna - Possum Trot - Simons Mill - Trimble - Vanderpool Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Jun 2012 Stephenson - Shelton Marriage Tanner - Tabor Marriage Haltman - Waggoner Marriage Dec 2011 James Gaston Dunsmore Biography Search our Sites Surrounding Counties Augusta Co VA - Bath Co VA Pendleton Co WV - Pocahontas Co WV Visit our National Site Visit our VA State Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.