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Welcome to Terrill ...

Terrill is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Terrill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Terrill is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Terrill: 859

Communities Also Named Terrill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Terrill - it's located in Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Terrill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Terrill ...

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

Adding Terrill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Terrill post office opened in 1883. The Terrill post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Terrill.

Footnotes ...

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