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Welcome to Hilgard ...

Hilgard is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hilgard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Hilgard is 3,000 feet [914 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Hilgard is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Hilgard: 541 & 458<3>

Websites for Hilgard ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Hilgard ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hilgard ...

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

Adding Hilgard to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hilgard post office opened in 1883. The Hilgard post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hilgard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hilgard - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Hilgard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Hilgard 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/