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Welcome to Grace Hill ...

Grace Hill is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grace Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Grace Hill is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grace Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grace Hill: 319

Communities near Grace Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grace Hill.

  • Fairfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Washington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kalona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kalona is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <3>
  • Wellman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Maharishi Vedic City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
  • Riverside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Keota
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brighton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Richland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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 Grace Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grace Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grace Hill ...

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

Adding Grace Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grace Hill post office opened in 1889. The Grace Hill post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grace 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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