Do you know of Hills ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hills. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hills.
We found mention of Hills as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Hills ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hills.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hills is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Hills.
- California
- Georgia
- Habersham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hills [Habersham County].
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hills [Johnson County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hills [Anne Arundel County].
- Prince George's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hills [Prince George's County].
- Minnesota
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hills [Rock County].
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hills [Stanly County].
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Clermont County].
- Cuyahoga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Cuyahoga County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Pike County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hills [Washington County].
- Ontario
- Texas
- Utah
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hills ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hills:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hills - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
The FIPS database contains an entry for Hills.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/34808 (Place Name: Hills (RR name for Lawrence))
County: Washington (FIPS State/County: 42/125)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Washington County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Washington County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Hills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |