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Welcome to Iowa Hill ...

Iowa Hill is located in Placer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Iowa Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Iowa Hill is 2,860 feet [872 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Iowa Hill is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Iowa Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Iowa Hill: 530

Communities near Iowa Hill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Iowa Hill ...

Looking for more information about Iowa 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Iowa Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Iowa Hill.

Adding Iowa Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Iowa 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 Iowa Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Iowa Hill post office opened in 1901.

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

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

The official website for Placer County: www.placer.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Placer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Iowa Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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