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Welcome to College Hill Station ...

College Hill Station is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of College Hill Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for College Hill Station: College Hill Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

College Hill Station is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for College Hill Station: 662

Communities near College Hill Station ...

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

  • Oxford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
  • Water Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Water Valley is located in Yalobusha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <3>
  • Taylor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Taylor is located in Lafayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
  • Abbeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
    • Abbeville is located in Lafayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <3>
  • Alesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
    • Alesville is located in Lafayette County
  • Altus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Altus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Altus is located in Lafayette County
  • Harmontown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
    • Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
  • Laws Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
    • Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
  • Cornish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornish. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
    • Cornish is located in Lafayette County
  • Delay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
    • Delay is located in Lafayette County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for College Hill Station ...

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

Adding College Hill Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of College Hill Station 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 for College Hill Station was on a map titled Map of Mississippi (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for College Hill Station.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for College Hill Station. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around College Hill Station - 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>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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