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Welcome to Bay Hill ...

Bay Hill is located in Sumter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Bay Hill is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bay Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bay Hill: 352

Communities Also Named Bay Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Bay Hill: This one is located in Sumter County and the other is located in Orange County.

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

Communities near Bay Hill ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay Hill ...

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

Adding Bay Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bay 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 Bay Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bay Hill post office opened in 1886.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bay 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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