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Welcome to Bethel Hill ...

Bethel Hill is located in Person County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bethel Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Bethel Hill is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bethel Hill: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Bethel Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bethel Hill - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Bethel Hill ...

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

  • Roxboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • South Boston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Halifax
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Halifax is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halifax <4>
  • Stovall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Stovall is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Milton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Virgilina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Scottsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Mayo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
  • Alton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bethel Hill ...

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

Adding Bethel Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bethel Hill post office opened in 1860. The Bethel Hill post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bethel Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Person, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bethel 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Bethel Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Bethel 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/