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Welcome to Coal Hill ...

Coal Hill is located in Venango County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coal Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

Coal Hill is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Coal Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Coal Hill: This one is located in Venango County and the other is located in Centre County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 7 communities that are also named Coal Hill - they are located in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Coal Hill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal Hill ...

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

Adding Coal Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coal Hill post office opened in 1874.

We also found Coal Hill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Venango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coal 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/