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Welcome to Tunnel Hill ...

Tunnel Hill is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tunnel Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Tunnel Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Tunnel Hill - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio (2).

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

Communities near Tunnel Hill ...

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

  • Marion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Carrier Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Vienna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Crainville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crainville is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
  • Goreville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pittsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Creal Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Karnak
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonefort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Whiteash
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Whiteash is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
    • Estimated population in 2014: 240 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 Tunnel Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tunnel Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tunnel Hill ...

Looking for more information about Tunnel 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Tunnel Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tunnel Hill.

Adding Tunnel Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tunnel Hill post office opened in 1873.

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

Footnotes ...

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