Highgate Center, Vermont


Highgate Center is the primary village and a census-designated place in the town of Highgate, Franklin [County, Vermont|Franklin County], Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 [United States census|2020 census] it had a population of 361, out of 3,472 in the entire town of Highgate.
The CDP is in northwestern Franklin County, in the south-central part of the town of Highgate. It sits on the north side of the Missisquoi River, a west-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain, where the river passes over Highgate Falls. Vermont Route 78 passes through the center of the village, leading southeast to Vermont Route 105 at Sheldon Junction and southwest to Swanton. Vermont Route 207 also passes through the village, leading south to St. Albans and northeast to the Canadian border at Morses Line.

Education

It is in the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union school district.