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Welcome to College Hill ...

College Hill is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of College Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

College Hill is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: College Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from College Hill, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for College Hill: 859

Communities Also Named College Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named College Hill - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near College Hill ...

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

  • Richmond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Winchester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Berea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Irvine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Camargo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ravenna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Doylesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Doylesville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
  • Moberly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moberly is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moberly

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for College Hill ...

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

Adding College Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of College 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 College Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the College Hill post office opened in 1875. The College Hill post office closed in 1983.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around College 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.
<4>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/