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Welcome to Rural Hill ...

Rural Hill is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rural Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Rural Hill is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rural Hill: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Rural Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rural Hill - they are located in Mississippi, New York and Tennessee (2).

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

Communities near Rural Hill ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • West Frankfort
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
  • Benton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Eldorado
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnston City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • McLeansboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ina
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ina is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <4>
  • Carrier Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
    • Former names for Carrier Mills:
    • Carriers Mills
    • Morrilsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <4>
  • Norris City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Galatia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rural Hill ...

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

Adding Rural Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rural 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 Rural Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rural Hill post office opened in 1876. The Rural Hill post office closed in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rural 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Rural Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Rural 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/