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Welcome to Bonny Hill ...

Bonny Hill is located in Steuben County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bonny Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Bonny Hill is 1,760 feet [536 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bonny Hill: 607

Communities near Bonny Hill ...

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

  • Corning
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hornell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bath
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bath is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Canisteo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Painted Post
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Elkland is located in Tioga County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkland <3>
  • Addison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • South Corning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • South Corning is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
  • Avoca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cohocton
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Bonny Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bonny Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bonny Hill ...

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

Adding Bonny Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bonny 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 Bonny Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bonny Hill post office opened in 1853. The Bonny Hill post office closed in 1865.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Steuben, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bonny Hill - 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>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/