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Welcome to Spring Hill ...

Spring Hill is located in Wheeler County<1>.

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

Spring Hill is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spring Hill: 912 & 565<3>

Communities Also Named Spring Hill ...

While we believe that this Spring Hill is located in Wheeler County, we know of another 4 Georgia communities named Spring Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chatham, Laurens, Monroe and Montgomery 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.

  • McRae - Helena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hazlehurst
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ochwalkee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ochwalkee is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochwalkee
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,732 people
  • Quinn ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
  • Alamo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Alamo is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <4>
  • Tallahassee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tallahassee is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahassee
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,185 people
  • Mount Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lumber City Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
  • Lumber City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Hill ...

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

Adding Spring Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring 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 (so far) for Spring Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spring Hill post office opened in 1884. The Spring Hill post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Wheeler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 912 code has been Overlayed with the 565 area code. New phone numbers in the Spring Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 912 or 565. As a result, placing a call in the Spring Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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