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Welcome to Spring Hill ...

Spring Hill is located in Whiteside County<1>.

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

Spring Hill is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Spring Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 84 communities that are also named Spring Hill - they are located in Alabama (9), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (5), Georgia (5), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (4), Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (5), Tennessee (7), Texas (9), Virginia (3), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Spring Hill ...

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

  • Clinton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton is located in Clinton County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <3>
  • Geneseo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Colona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Camanche
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Camanche is located in Clinton County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camanche <3>
  • Le Claire
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Morrison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fulton is located in Whiteside County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <3>
  • Green Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Rock is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
  • Carbon Cliff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Prophetstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Hill ...

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

Adding Spring Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring 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 Spring 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 Spring Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Whiteside, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.