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Welcome to Pine Hill ...

Pine Hill is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

Pine Hill is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pine Hill: 401

Communities Also Named Pine Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Pine Hill - they are located in Alabama (4), California, Connecticut (2), Georgia (5), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York (3), North Carolina (4), Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (6), Texas (3), Utah and Virginia.

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

Websites for Pine Hill ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Pine Hill ...

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

  • Warwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Warwick is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
  • Cranston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranston is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
  • Coventry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
  • South Kingstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,454 people
  • Johnston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Johnston is located in Providence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,366 people
  • West Warwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • West Warwick is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
  • North Kingstown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
  • Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Newport is located in Newport County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
  • Westerly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Westerly is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
  • Portsmouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Portsmouth is located in Newport County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Hill ...

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

Adding Pine Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine 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 Pine Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Pine Hill post office opened in 1827. The Pine Hill post office closed in 1922.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/