Highgate Center is the primary village and a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in the town of

Highgate Highgate ( ) is a suburban area of north London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north-northwest of Charing Cross. Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live. It has two active conservation organisat ...

, Franklin County,

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, United States. As of the 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 The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada. It drains a rural area of the northern Green Mount ...

, a west-flowing tributary of

Lake Champlain Lake Champlain ( ; french: Lac Champlain) is a natural freshwater lake in North America. It mostly lies between the US states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The New York portion of t ...

, where the river passes over Highgate Falls.

Vermont Route 78 Vermont Route 78 (VT 78) is a east–west state highway in northwestern Vermont, United States. It begins at U.S. Route 2 (US 2) in Alburgh near the New York and Canada–US borders, and runs southeast to VT 105 in ...

(Franklin Street) passes through the center of the village, leading southeast to Vermont Route 105 at Sheldon Junction and southwest to Swanton.

Vermont Route 207 Vermont Route 207 (VT 207) is a north–south state highway in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. It begins in the town of St. Albans at U.S. Route 7 (US 7) and runs north to the small village of Morses Line within the town of ...

also passes through the village, leading south to

St. Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman r ...

and northeast to the

Canadian border Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

at Morses Line.

References

Populated places in Franklin County, Vermont Census-designated places in Franklin County, Vermont Census-designated places in Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub