Do you know of Hill Spring ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hill Spring. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hill Spring.<1>
Our sources for Hill Spring (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hill Spring other than they indicate that Hill Spring would be found somewhere in Henry County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1864 and closed in 1918.
Communities Also Named Hill Spring ...
We found two communities that share the name Hill Spring.
Within Kentucky, the name Hill Spring is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Hill Spring.
- Kansas
- Morris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hill Spring [Morris County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hill Spring ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hill Spring:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hill Spring - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
More Orphans in Henry County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Henry County.
| Bar | Noe |
| Blackwell | |
| Spring Hill Depot | |
| Cambellsburgh | Springport |
| Sulphur Fork | |
| Dellville | |
| Turners | |
| Harpers Ferry | |
| Herndonsville | Vance |
| Midview | Wallaceville |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Hill Spring could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |