Welcome to Spring Hill ...
So far, we found very little information about Spring Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spring Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spring Hill, please Contact Us.
Spring Hill would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>.
The location of Spring Hill has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Hill is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Spring Hill was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Spring Hill would have been located in the (478) area code.
Websites for Spring Hill ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.forsyth-monroechamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Spring Hill, the following might be of interest:
Communities Also Named Spring Hill ...
While we believe that this Spring Hill is located in Monroe County, we know of another 4 Georgia communities named Spring Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chatham, Laurens, Montgomery and Wheeler County.
Beyond Georgia, there are 84 communities that are also named Spring Hill - they are located in Alabama (9), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (5), Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (4), Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (5), Tennessee (7), Texas (9), Virginia (3), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Hill.
Communities near Spring Hill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spring Hill.
- Brookhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Barnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Barnesville is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,669 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnesville <5>
- Byron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Byron is located in Peach County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,274 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <5>
- Forsyth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Forsyth is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <5>
- Lee Pope
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Bloomfield Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Roberta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Roberta is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberta <5>
- Yatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Yatesville is located in Upson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yatesville <5>
- Taylors Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Culloden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culloden
- Culloden is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culloden <5>
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 Spring Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spring Hill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spring 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 Spring Hill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Spring Hill.
Adding Spring Hill to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Spring Hill in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Spring Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Spring Hill post office opened in 1826.
We also found Spring Hill on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Hill.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecountygeorgia.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.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 Spring Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |