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 Yavapai 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 consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hillside is 3,850 feet [1,173 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Hillside is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Hillside was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The location where Hillside once stood is in the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Hillside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 55 communities that are also named Hillside - they are located in 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, Pennsylvania (5), 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.

• Camp Date Creek ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Date Creek
  • Camp Date Creek is located in Yavapai County
• Kirkland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Kirkland is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkland <5>
• Peeples Valley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples Valley
  • Peeples Valley is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peeples Valley <5>
• Kirkland Junction
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Junction
  • Kirkland Junction is located in Yavapai County
• Skull Valley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Valley
  • Skull Valley is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skull Valley <5>
• Glen Ilah
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ilah
  • Glen Ilah is located in Yavapai County
• Yarnell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
  • Yarnell is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yarnell <5>
• Bagdad
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Bagdad is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagdad <5>
• Congress
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
  • Congress is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Congress <5>
• Wilhoit
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
  • Wilhoit is located in Yavapai County

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 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 Hillside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hillside post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/