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Welcome to Hillsdale ...

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

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

Hillsdale would have been located within present day Jerome County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hillsdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hillsdale is 4,050 feet [1,234 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hillsdale is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Hillsdale was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Hillsdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Hillsdale: This one is located in Jerome County and the other is located in Adams County.

Beyond Idaho, there are 61 communities that are also named Hillsdale - they are located in Alabama (3), California (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (6), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Utah (3), Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Hillsdale ...

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

  • Twin Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jerome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Kimberly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hansen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hansen is located in Twin Falls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,290 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hansen <5>
  • Hazelton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Murtaugh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Artesian City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Artesian City is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian City
  • Falls City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls City is located in Jerome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Filer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Filer is located in Twin Falls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,939 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Filer <5>
  • Pella
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Pella is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella

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

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

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

Adding Hillsdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hillsdale 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 (so far) for Hillsdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hillsdale post office opened in 1908. The Hillsdale post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillsdale.

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 Hillsdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Jerome, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hillsdale - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Hillsdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Hillsdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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