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Welcome to Fern Hill ...

Fern Hill is located in Clatsop County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fern Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Fern Hill is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fern Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fern Hill: 503 & 971<3>

Communities Also Named Fern Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Fern Hill: This one is located in Clatsop County and the other is located in Columbia County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 5 communities that are also named Fern Hill - they are located in Illinois, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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

Communities near Fern Hill ...

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

  • Astoria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Seaside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Warrenton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gearhart
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ilwaco
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ilwaco is located in Pacific County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilwaco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilwaco <4>
  • Hammond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cathlamet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jeffers Garden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
  • Chadwell ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fern Hill ...

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

Adding Fern Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fern Hill post office opened in 1879. The Fern Hill post office closed in 1881.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Clatsop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fern 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Fern Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Fern Hill 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/