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Welcome to Hillgrove ...

Hillgrove is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hillgrove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

Hillgrove is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Hillgrove is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Hillgrove: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Hillgrove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Hillgrove - they are located in California, Indiana, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Washington.

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

Communities near Hillgrove ...

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

  • Radcliff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Vine Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brandenburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hardinsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Irvington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Muldraugh
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Ekron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Mauckport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hillgrove ...

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

Adding Hillgrove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hillgrove post office opened in 1864. The Hillgrove post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillgrove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hillgrove - 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 Hillgrove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Hillgrove 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/