Welcome to Hillside ...

So far, we found very little information about Hillside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hillside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hillside, please Contact Us.

Hillside would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.

The location of Hillside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hillside, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hillside is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Hillside was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Hillside ...

While we believe that this Hillside is located in Montgomery County, we know of another 4 Pennsylvania communities named Hillside. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lehigh, Luzerne, Schuylkill and Westmoreland County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 55 communities that are also named Hillside - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (5), Nova Scotia (3), Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (2), Washington and Wisconsin (3).

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

Communities near Hillside ...

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

• Philadelphia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <5>
• Camden
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Norristown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <5>
• Lansdale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdale
  • Lansdale is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdale <5>
• Yeadon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <5>
• Gloucester City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Darby
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <5>
• Lansdowne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <5>
• Burlington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
• Woodbury
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people

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

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

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

Adding Hillside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hillside in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hillside was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Hillside on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/