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High Point in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Highland Cotton Mills Village

 
 
Highland Cotton Mills Village Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021
1. Highland Cotton Mills Village Marker
Inscription. A textile mill opened in 1913 followed by a planned village on 69 acres. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
 
Erected 2016 by The Southwest Renewal Foundation of High Point, Inc. in participation with the Marion Stedman Covington Foundation, Highland Village Neighborhood Association and the City of High Point, North Carolina.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
 
Location. 35° 56.2′ N, 80° 0.394′ W. Marker is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is at the intersection of Mill Avenue and South Elm Street, on the right when traveling west on Mill Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 899 Mill Ave, High Point NC 27260, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the
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Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Golfers Protest (approx. 0.7 miles away); Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox (approx. 0.8 miles away); Model Farm (approx. one mile away); Guilford County Office and Court Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Southern Furniture Exposition Building (approx. 1.3 miles away); Myrtle Furr Hayworth Barthmaier (approx. 1.3 miles away); High Point Market (approx. 1.3 miles away); Perley Albert "P.A." Thomas (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in High Point.
 
Highland Cotton Mills Village Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021
2. Highland Cotton Mills Village Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 667 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jul. 11, 2026