Welcome to Wine Hill ...

Wine Hill is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wine Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Wine Hill is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Wine Hill ...

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

Perryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Perryville is located in Perry County (MO)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,540 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perryville <4>
Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
Pinckneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,319 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinckneyville <4>
Sparta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
Steeleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Steeleville is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steeleville <4>
Percy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Percy is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Percy <4>
Coulterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coulterville is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coulterville <4>
Tilden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tilden is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 827 people
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Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
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Ava
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ava is located in Jackson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wine Hill ...

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

Adding Wine Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wine Hill post office opened in 1874. The Wine Hill post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wine 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 Wine 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 Wine Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Wine 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/