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Welcome to Smith Hill ...

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

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

Smith Hill would have been located within present day Gilpin County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Smith Hill is 7,650 feet [2,332 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Smith Hill is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Smith Hill was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Smith Hill was located: 303 & 720<4>

Communities Also Named Smith Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Smith Hill - they are located in Alabama, Delaware, Manitoba, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Smith Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Smith 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 Smith Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smith Hill.

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

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

Adding Smith Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smith 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 Smith Hill was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

The official website for Gilpin County: www.co.gilpin.co.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Smith Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gilpin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smith Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with the 720 area code. New phone numbers in the Smith Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303 or 720. As a result, placing a call in the Smith Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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