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Welcome to Hill Top ...

Hill Top is located in McCreary County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hill Top, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Hill Top is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Hill Top (for example, toward Albany), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Hill Top: 606

Communities Also Named Hill Top ...

While we believe that this Hill Top is located in McCreary County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Hill Top. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fleming and Menifee County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 16 communities that are also named Hill Top - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hill Top ...

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

  • Monticello
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Oneida
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Oneida is located in Scott County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oneida <3>
  • Winfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Burnside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Revelo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Revelo is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
  • Wiborg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wiborg is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
  • Pine Knot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ritner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritner is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
  • Strunk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Strunk is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
  • Foster Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hill Top ...

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

Adding Hill Top to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hill Top post office opened in 1925. The Hill Top post office closed in 1983.

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

Footnotes ...

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