Welcome to Hilton ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hilton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

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

The telephone area code for Hilton: (641)

Communities Also Named Hilton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Hilton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska (2), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Hilton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Hilton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Hilton post office opened in 1880.

We also found Hilton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hilton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/