Welcome to Pink Hill ...
Pink Hill is located in Jackson County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pink Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.
Pink Hill is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Pink Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Pink Hill: 816 & 975<3>
Communities Also Named Pink Hill ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pink Hill - they are located in North Carolina and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pink Hill.
Communities near Pink Hill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pink Hill.
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lee's Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Summit
- Lee's Summit is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee's Summit <4>
- Blue Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Raytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Raytown is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raytown <4>
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <4>
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,881 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <4>
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Odessa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Pink Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pink Hill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pink 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 Pink Hill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pink Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Pink Hill.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pink Hill ...
Looking for more information about Pink 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 Pink Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pink Hill.
Adding Pink Hill to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pink 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 for Pink Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Pink Hill post office opened in 1854.
We also found Pink Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pink Hill.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pink 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 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Pink Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Pink 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |