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Notable location: Highlands Country Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Highlands Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Harris Lake (A), Ravenel Lake (B), Club Lake (C), Mirror Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Satulah Branch (A), Big Creek (B), Mill Creek (C), Monger Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Highlands Chamber Of Commerce (396 Oak St).
Hotels: Highlands Suite Hotel (205 Main), Chandler Inn (790 North 4th Street), Hampton Inn Highlands (96 Log Cabin Lane).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Highlands and their reported violations in the past:
CULLASAJA CLUB (Population served: 800, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JUL-01-2002 and FEB-17-2005, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-12-2005), St Public Notif requested (JAN-12-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-17-2005), St Public Notif received (MAR-31-2005)
- Public Education - Between JUL-2002 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUN-27-2003), St Public Notif requested (JUN-27-2003), St Public Notif received (JUL-11-2003)
- OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-01-2002 and FEB-17-2005, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAR-07-2003), St Public Notif requested (MAR-07-2003), St Public Notif received (MAR-19-2003), St Compliance achieved (FEB-17-2005)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (2 times from OCT-21-2005 to OCT-21-2005)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between SEP-20-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-10-2003), St Public Notif requested (SEP-10-2003), St Public Notif received (MAR-31-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2002 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-18-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-18-2002)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 6 regular monitoring violations
- 2 other older monitoring violations
COLD SPRINGS SADDLE & TENNIS (Population served: 108, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-04-2005), St Public Notif requested (FEB-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-14-2005)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between SEP-20-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2003 and SEP-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-18-2003), St Public Notif requested (SEP-18-2003), St Compliance achieved (SEP-30-2003)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between APR-08-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-10-2003), St Public Notif requested (SEP-10-2003)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
- 2 other older monitoring violations
HIGHLANDS WORK CENTER (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In APR-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (APR-27-2004), St Public Notif requested (APR-27-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAR-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAR-04-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAR-04-2004), St Public Notif received (MAR-19-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between JUN-03-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 2 regular monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  7.5% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 3.7% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Highlands, NC
Highlands compared to North Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Highlands (2009 data):
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Highlands Remote Office at 116 Franklin Rd, branch established on 1995-11-20; Highlands Main Branch at 234 South Fourth Street, branch established on 1935-04-12. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Macon Bank, Inc.: Highlands Branch at 473 Carolina Way, branch established on 1995-09-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,115.4 mil, Deposits: $716.4 mil, headquarters in Franklin, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Macon Bancorp
- Bank of America, National Association: Highlands Branch at Pine And Fourth Streets, branch established on 1980-07-26. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- Regions Bank: Spring Street Branch at 161 Spring Street, branch established on 2003-01-27. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Highlands Branch at U.S. Highway 64 And Laurel Street, branch established on 1990-10-08. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $13,862.8 mil, Deposits: $11,768.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 343 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
- RBC Bank (USA): W. Main St Branch at 225 Franklin Road, branch established on 1986-06-30. Info updated 2008-12-08: Bank assets: $31,335.9 mil, Deposits: $22,003.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 441 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Canada
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2004 Presidential Election results in Macon County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
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Religon statistics for Highlands
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Assemblies of God | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
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| Adherents | 54.9% | 13.6% | 7.3% | 6.4% | 3.7% |
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| Congregations | 48.0% | 15.0% | 2.0% | 6.0% | 6.0% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Episcopal Church | Evangelical Presbyterian Church | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 5.2% |
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| Congregations | 3.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 12.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
8 | $26,702 | $40,053 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
12 | $29,751 | $29,751 | 1 | $824 |
| Fire - Other |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,504 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $11,904 | $28,570 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
7 | $15,678 | $26,877 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
6 | $13,955 | $27,910 | 5 | $4,873 |
| Water Supply |
11 | $29,452 | $32,129 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
12 | $37,088 | $37,088 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
61 | $164,530 | $32,367 | 7 | $7,201 |
Highlands government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $641,000
Solid Waste Management: $322,000
Parks & Recreation: $37,000
All Other: $16,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $1,665,000
Fire Protection: $352,000
Regular Highways: $53,000
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,976,000
Liquor Stores: $770,000
Sewerage: $663,000
Central Staff Services: $589,000
Police Protection: $470,000
Parks & Recreation: $381,000
Solid Waste Management: $369,000
Regular Highways: $340,000
Water Utilities: $284,000
Fire Protection: $113,000
General - Other: $47,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $46,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $45,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $3,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $6,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $610,000
General Support: $419,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $557,000
Interest Earnings: $257,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $286,000
Regular Highways: $175,000
Electric Utilities: $130,000
Parks & Recreation: $44,000
Police Protection: $32,000
General Public Building: $10,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,402,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $2,604,000
Liquor Stores: $905,000
Water Utilities: $275,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $83,000
Highways: $57,000
All Other: $1,000
- Tax - Property: $1,154,000
NEC: $67,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $4,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,393,000
7.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,326 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.71% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,849 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.75% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Highlands:
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WPFJ (1480 AM; 5 kW; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: DRAKE ENTERPRISES, LTD.)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTBI (1540 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PICKENS, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS)
- WKJV (1380 AM; 25 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST OUTREACH MISSIONS)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGHC (1370 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Highlands:
- WHLC (104.5 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORP.)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- W277AL (103.3 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORPORATION)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WNCC-FM (96.7 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQNS (104.9 FM; WAYNESVILLE, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WWCU (90.5 FM; CULLOWHEE, NC; Owner: WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Highlands:
- W27BD (Channel 62; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- W24AU (Channel 24; CASHIERS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W56AG (Channel 56; FRANKLIN, ETC., NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total costs: $429,000
Total average daily traffic: 10,700
Total average daily truck traffic: 810
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 21,400
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2- #6 At Pine Circle, Type: Pole, Structure height: 42.7 m, Overall height: 45.7 m, Call Sign: KNKQ351
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 11/12/2002, Expiration Date: 10/01/2012
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- #6 @ Pine Circle, Type: Pole, Structure height: 42.6 m, Overall height: 45.7 m, Call Sign: KNKN626
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 12/19/2001, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Highlands, NC)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- Us 64e E Of, Overall height: 19.5 m, Call Sign: WMG365, Licensee ID: L00010323
Assigned Frequencies : 946.000 MHz
Grant Date: 03/15/1994, Expiration Date: 12/01/2011
Registrant: Charisma Radio Corp., P.O. Box 1889, Highlands, NC 28741
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Highlands)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 18 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Highlands)
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