Welcome to Wine Hill ...

Wine Hill is located in Randolph County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wine Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

Wine Hill is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Wine Hill is located in the (618) area code.

Communities near Wine Hill ...

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

• Perryville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
  • Perryville is located in Perry County (MO)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perryville <4>
• Chester
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• Pinckneyville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
  • Pinckneyville is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinckneyville <4>
• Sparta
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
• Steeleville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleville
  • Steeleville is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steeleville <4>
• Percy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
  • Percy is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Percy <4>
• Coulterville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulterville
  • Coulterville is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coulterville <4>
• Tilden
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
  • Tilden is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilden <4>
• Evansville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
  • Evansville is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansville <4>
• Ava
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ava have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
  • Ava is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <4>

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 Wine Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wine Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wine Hill. 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 Wine Hill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wine Hill ...

Looking for more information about Wine Hill? 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 Wine Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wine Hill.

Adding Wine Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wine Hill 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 Wine Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wine Hill post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wine Hill.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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