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Welcome to Upper Hillville ...

Upper Hillville is located in Clarion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Upper Hillville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Upper Hillville is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Upper Hillville ...

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

  • Butler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kittanning
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ford City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • West Kittanning
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Knox
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Knox is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
  • Chicora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bethlehem
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • East Brady
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rimersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upper Hillville ...

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

Adding Upper Hillville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Upper Hillville 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 Upper Hillville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Upper Hillville post office opened in 1876. The Upper Hillville post office closed in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Upper Hillville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Clarion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Upper Hillville - 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>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/