Welcome to Hillside ...
Although we found mention of Hillside during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Hillside was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
While we are confident that Hillside was located in Kankakee County, we don't know its actual location within the county.
We've added Hillside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Hillside - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Hillside, please Contact Us.
The pronunciation of Hillside: HIL-seyed<2>
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Hillside might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Hillside would be found within the (815) & (779)<3> area codes.
Communities Also Named Hillside ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Illinois communities named Hillside: This one is located in Kankakee County and the other is located in Cook County.
Beyond Illinois, there are 55 communities that are also named Hillside - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (5), Nova Scotia (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Quebec, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (2), Washington and Wisconsin (3).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hillside.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Visit our Community Index for Illinois
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Kankakee County: www.co.kankakee.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Hillside and then turned east". While Hillside could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Hillside as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Hillside could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Hillside. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page. |
| <3> | Area code (779) is an overlay for area code (815). |