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Welcome to Shiloh Hill ...

Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shiloh Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

Shiloh Hill is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Shiloh Hill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shiloh Hill ...

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

Adding Shiloh Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shiloh 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 for Shiloh Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Shiloh Hill post office opened in 1859.

We also found Shiloh Hill on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shiloh 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 Shiloh Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Shiloh 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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