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Welcome to Lake Hill ...

Lake Hill is located in Ulster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Hill: Lk. Hill

Lake Hill is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lake Hill: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Lake Hill: 12448<4>

Communities Also Named Lake Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lake Hill - it's located in British Columbia.

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

Websites for Lake Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ulsterchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lake Hill, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Lake Hill ...

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

  • Kingston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Catskill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Saugerties
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rhinebeck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Hook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tivoli
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Tannersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hunter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fleischmanns
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Boiceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Hill ...

Looking for more information about Lake 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lake Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Hill.

Adding Lake Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake 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 Lake Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lake Hill post office opened in 1838.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ulster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lake Hill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lake Hill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/