High Gate is an unincorporated community in eastern Maries County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is at the intersection of routes H and U approximately fourteen miles east of Vienna and 1.5 miles from the Maries-Gasconade county line.[2]

A post office called High Gate was established in 1877, and remained in operation until 1971.[3] The community was named after Highgate, London, the native home of an early settler.[4]

References

  1. "High Gate". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 46 and 47 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. "Maries County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

38°09′28″N 91°40′30″W / 38.15778°N 91.67500°W / 38.15778; -91.67500


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