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Welcome to Hilltop ...

So far, we found very little information about Hilltop. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hilltop to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hilltop, please Contact Us.


Hilltop would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

Hilltop was founded in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hilltop is 6,450 feet [1,966 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Hilltop is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Hilltop was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Hilltop was located: 775

Communities Also Named Hilltop ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Hilltop - they are located in Alabama, Arizona (2), California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Missouri (2), New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah (2), Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Hilltop ...

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

  • Lander ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lander is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
  • Tenabo ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tenabo is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
  • Crescent Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Battle Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Argenta ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Argenta is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
  • Jenkins ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jenkins is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Beowawe
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Kampos ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Kampos is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampos
  • Cortez ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cortez is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
  • Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dewitt Mill is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Mill

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hilltop. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hilltop.

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

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

Adding Hilltop to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hilltop post office opened in 1909. The Hilltop post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hilltop.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hilltop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Lander, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hilltop - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/