RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Durham County >> West HillsIndex...

Welcome to West Hills ...

West Hills is located in Durham County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for West Hills: W. Hills

West Hills is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Hills: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named West Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named West Hills: This one is located in Durham County and the other is located in Edgecombe County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 17 communities that are also named West Hills - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland (2), Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (5) and Utah (2).

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

Communities near West Hills ...

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

  • Durham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cary
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <4>
  • Chapel Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Carrboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mebane
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
  • Butner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillsborough
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Creedmoor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Stem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Stem is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Hills ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Durham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Hills - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the West Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the West Hills 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.