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Welcome to Hill ...

Hill is located in Winn Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Hill is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hill: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Hill: This one is located in Winn Parish and the other is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Beyond Louisiana, there are 20 communities that are also named Hill - they are located in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Montana (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hill ...

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

  • Winnfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Olla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <4>
  • Urania
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Chatham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Grayson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tullos
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Dodson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sikes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Flat Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hill ...

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

Adding Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hill in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hill post office opened in 1896. The Hill post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Winn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the 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/