Highgate Center, Vermont

About Highgate Center

Highgate Center is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Vermont.

Highgate Center holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.66 square miles.

📰 Highgate Center News Today

• Michael Lambert Obituary Mar 18, 2026 Goss Funeral Services · Mar 18
• $14M for water? Highgate’s village core gets more complicated St. Albans Messenger · Feb 12
• Lightning Strike Map in Highgate Center, VT - Tracker & Radar | Spark WeatherBug · Oct 3
• Romeo Boyer Obituary Mar 8, 2026 Goss Funeral Services · Mar 8
• Highgate Center, VT Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 2

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Highgate Center Unique

• The only place in America named Highgate Center — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern Vermont, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Sheldon Historical Society · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Highgate Center

• Sheldon Community Forest reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Highgate Center

• Franklin Central School
• Highgate Elementary School
• Sheldon Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Highgate Center

🏘️ Nearby Communities