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Welcome to Sills ...

Sills is located in Jackson County<1>.


The location of Sills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

Sills is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sills (for example, toward Donalsonville (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area codes for Sills: (850) & (448)<4>

Communities Also Named Sills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sills - they are located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sills.

Communities near Sills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sills.

  • Marianna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Chipley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Taylor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Taylor is located in Houston County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
  • Ashford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
    • Ashford is located in Houston County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashford <5>
  • Graceville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cowarts
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowarts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowarts
    • Cowarts is located in Houston County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowarts <5>
  • Malone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rehobeth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rehobeth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth
    • Rehobeth is located in Houston County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,699 people
  • Malvern
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malvern have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
    • Malvern is located in Geneva County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,462 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malvern <5>
  • Cottonwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sills. See our Newspapers Page for Sills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sills ...

Looking for more information about Sills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sills.

Adding Sills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sills post office opened in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sills.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncounty-fl.com/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (448) is an overlay for area code (850).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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