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Welcome to Council Hill ...

Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Council Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Council Hill is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Council Hill: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Council Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Council Hill - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Council Hill ...

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

  • Dubuque
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Dubuque is located in Dubuque County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuque
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dubuque <4>
  • Platteville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Platteville is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
  • Galena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Galena is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <4>
  • Darlington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Darlington is located in Lafayette County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
  • Bellevue
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <4>
  • Cuba City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
  • East Dubuque
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Warren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Warren is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Hazel Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
  • Shullsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Council Hill ...

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

Adding Council Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Council 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 Council Hill was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jo Daviess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Council 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Council Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Council 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.