Welcome to Carters Hill ...

Carters Hill is located in Montgomery County<1>.

The location of Carters 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 Carters Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1834.

Carters Hill is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Carters Hill: (334)

Communities near Carters Hill ...

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

• Montgomery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 196,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <4>
• Pike Road
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Road
  • Pike Road is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pike Road <4>
• Shorter
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorter
  • Shorter is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shorter <4>
• Red Level
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
  • Red Level is located in Montgomery County
• Cecil
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Cecil is located in Montgomery County
• Pine Level
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
• Ada
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
  • Ada is located in Montgomery County
• Mitchell
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell is located in Bullock County
• Mount Meigs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Meigs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meigs
  • Mount Meigs is located in Montgomery County
• Ramer
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramer
  • Ramer is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramer <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 Carters Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carters Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carters Hill ...

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

Adding Carters Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carters Hill post office opened in 1834.

We also found Carters Hill in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Montgomery County: www.mc-ala.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/