Welcome to Hillside ...

Hillside is primarily located in Fremont County<1>. A portion of Hillside extends into Custer County.

The location of Hillside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hillside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Hillside is 7,490 feet [2,283 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hillside is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Hillside lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Hillside lies within the (719) area code.

The ZIP code for Hillside: 81232<4>

Communities Also Named Hillside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Hillside: This one is located in Fremont County and the other is located in Arapahoe County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 55 communities that are also named Hillside - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (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.

• Silver Cliff
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Cliff
  • Silver Cliff is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Cliff <5>
• Westcliffe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcliffe
  • Westcliffe is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westcliffe <5>
• Crestone
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestone
  • Crestone is located in Saguache County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crestone <5>
• Cotopaxi
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotopaxi
  • Cotopaxi is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotopaxi <5>
• Ula ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ula
  • Ula is located in Custer County
• Coaldale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Coaldale is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <5>
• Vallie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vallie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
  • Vallie is located in Fremont County
• Sunset City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
  • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
• Howard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Howard is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <5>
• Querida ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
  • Querida is located in Custer County
  • Querida has also been known as:
  • Bassick
  • Querida Junction

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hillside ...

Looking for more information about Hillside? 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 Hillside, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontco.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/