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Welcome to Temple Hill ...

Temple Hill is located in Barren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Temple Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Temple Hill is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Temple Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Temple Hill (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Temple Hill: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Temple Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Temple Hill - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Ontario, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Temple Hill ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Tompkinsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Edmonton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Park City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Gamaliel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hiseville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Fountain Run
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eighty Eight
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eighty Eight is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eighty Eight
  • Etoile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Etoile is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Temple Hill ...

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

Adding Temple Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Temple Hill post office opened in 1858. The Temple Hill post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Temple 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 Temple 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 Temple Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Temple 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>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/