High Willhays of the highest hill on nearby Bodmin Moor, and suggested that a watch for beacon fires used to be kept here. He also posited a possible link to the word "gwili" meaning winding or tortuous, but said it was unlikely this was where it originated from. "The Place-Names of Devon" (1931) notes that the peak was named "Hight Wyll" in a document of 1532, and was known in 1827 as "High Willows". The authors state that the name may simply be a compound of "high" and "well" (meaning "spring"), though they admit that the additional syllable at the end is
High Point, Palm Beach County, Florida High Point, Palm Beach County, Florida High Point was a census-designated place (CDP) in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,191 at the 2000 census. The CDP was removed from the 2010 census. Although it is still unincorporated, it is within Delray Beach's "future annexation area." High Point is located at (26.468118, -80.129152). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,191 people, 1,298 households, and 681 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,433.8/km²