County of town: Montgomery County
Location of town: N. service rd. I-70 (exit 179), old US 40 & MO-F
Location of post office: 879 Booneslick Rd, High Hill (old US 40)
Elevation: 892 ft (272 m)
Population: 185 (2013)
"High Hill was commenced by the building of a mill in the spring and summer of 1853, by a company consisting of John S. Rowe, Hance Miller and Wm. Hoss, who also built dwellings, and may therefore be considered the founders of the town. F. H. Dryden and B. Sharp built the first store; J. J. Hawkins, the first hotel; Hance Miller, the first blacksmith's shop, and John S. Rowe, the first carpenter's shop.
The name "High Hill" came with the post office, which was moved from the present site of Jonesburg. The town at present contains about three hundred inhabitants, three stores, one hardware store, one drug store, one family grocery store, one hotel, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one saddle and harness manufactory, one mill, one millinery establishment, and two practicing physicians. The town has never been incorporated." ~ Montgomery County MOGenWeb
"A town in southwest Bear Creek Township, settled in 1852 by John S. Rowe, Hance Miller and William Hoss, who built a dwelling house and a mill here. Named from the High Hill post office which was moved from the present site of Jonesburg in 1853, the old location being on one of the highest points between Kansas City and St. Louis, though not a hill." ~ (Norman L. Bowlby, Dr. David Nowlin, Miss Katie A. Rosenberg, Edgar Scanland)
"Daniel M. Boone, son of Daniel Boone, was the first American bona fide and actual settler in Missouri. He came to the St. Charles country in 1794, and the next year his father came with his family ... It must be borne in mind that at this time all of this country belonged to Spain, and the only banner of authority that waved over the land was the flag of Castile.
"It is an incorporated village in Montgomery County, on the Wabash Railroad. It is located near the old site of Lewiston, the first county seat, and its successor. It had a public school, two churches, a flouring mill, two general stores and a few other business places. Population 1899 (estimated) 250." ~ (--Conard, Vol., 3, p. 241; See, also, Campbell, p. 336.)