Welcome to Coral Hill ...
Coral Hill is located in Barren County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Coral Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.
Coral Hill is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Coral Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Coral Hill (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Coral Hill: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Coral Hill ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Coral Hill - it's located in Nevada.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coral Hill.
Communities near Coral Hill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coral Hill.
- Glasgow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cave City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Munfordville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munfordville
- Munfordville is located in Hart County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munfordville <4>
- Edmonton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmonton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonton
- Edmonton is located in Metcalfe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonton <4>
- Smiths Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Park City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Park City is located in Barren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <4>
- Hiseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slick Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oil City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oil City
- From Coral Hill to Oil City
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 Coral Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coral Hill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Coral 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 Coral Hill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Coral Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Coral Hill.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coral Hill ...
Looking for more information about Coral 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 Coral Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Coral Hill.
Adding Coral Hill to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Coral 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 Coral Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Coral Hill post office opened in 1858.
We also found Coral Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Coral Hill.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Barren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coral 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Coral Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Coral 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |