Highland Lakes, Alabama

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|official_name = Highland Lakes, Alabama

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|map_caption = Location of Highland Lakes in Shelby County, Alabama.

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|subdivision_name1 = Alabama

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Shelby

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|area_total_sq_mi = 3.96

|area_land_sq_mi = 3.82

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.14

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 5239

|population_density_sq_mi = 1372.90

|timezone = Central (CST)

|utc_offset = -6

|timezone_DST = CDT

|utc_offset_DST = -5

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|elevation_ft = 810

|coordinates = {{coord|33|23|54|N|86|39|05|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 35242{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/35242|title=Highland Lakes AL ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=January 26, 2023}}

|area_code = 205, 659

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|blank_info = 2582679{{cite gnis|2582679|Highland Lakes Census Designated Place}}

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|area_total_km2 = 10.25

|area_land_km2 = 9.88

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Highland Lakes is a census-designated place in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 3,926 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}

Geography

Highland Lakes is located within the Highland Lakes subdivision off U.S. Route 280 atop Double Oak Mountain, a southern extension of the

Appalachian Mountains. Via U.S. 280, downtown Birmingham is 16 mi (26 km) northwest, and Chelsea is

6 mi (10 km) southeast.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 5239

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}

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References

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{{Shelby County, Alabama}}

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Category:Census-designated places in Shelby County, Alabama

Category:Census-designated places in Alabama

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