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Welcome to Pine Hill ...

Pine Hill is located in Rockcastle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

Pine Hill is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Pine Hill: 606

Communities Also Named Pine Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Pine Hill: This one is located in Rockcastle County and the other is located in Montgomery County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 45 communities that are also named Pine Hill - they are located in Alabama (4), California, Connecticut (2), Georgia (5), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York (3), North Carolina (4), Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (6), Texas (3), Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Pine Hill ...

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

  • Berea
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • London
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Brodhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Crab Orchard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • McKee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Annville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Livingston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Renfro Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wildie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wildie is located in Rockcastle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildie

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Hill ...

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

Adding Pine Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine Hill post office opened in 1867. The Pine Hill post office closed in 1963.

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

Footnotes ...

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