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Welcome to Shinnecock Hills ...

Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shinnecock Hills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Shinnecock Hills is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shinnecock Hills: 631 & 934<3>

Communities near Shinnecock Hills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shinnecock Hills ...

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

Adding Shinnecock Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shinnecock Hills post office opened in 1889. The Shinnecock Hills post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shinnecock Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Suffolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shinnecock 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 631 code has been Overlayed with the 934 area code. New phone numbers in the Shinnecock Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 631 or 934. As a result, placing a call in the Shinnecock 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.
<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/