Editing Highland City, Florida (section)

==Name==
A common error in referring to this place is to add an 'S' to the end of "Highland", causing the name to incorrectly read "Highlands City". For example, a new train depot, constructed in 1958, originally featured a sign with the mistakenly spelled "Highlands City" name. Lakeland Ledger reporter Courtland Anderson made special note of the error in the caption of his photo of the new depot.<ref name="anderson" />

When the community was briefly [[incorporated town|incorporated]] in the 1920s, the plural form was used.<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act to Repeal Chapter 11517, Laws of the State of Florida, Approved November 30, 1925, and to Abolish the Town of Highlands City, in the County of Polk, in the State of Florida, and Providing for the Protection of the Creditors of Said Municipality, Appointing a Trustee to Wind Up the Affairs of Same and Providing for the Disposition of Tax Money Collected|number=117 (Chapter 14599)|year=1929|url=}}</ref>