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Welcome to Flint Hill ...

Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County<1>.

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

Flint Hill is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Flint Hill: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Flint Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Flint Hill: This one is located in Fairfield County and the other is located in York County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 22 communities that are also named Flint Hill - they are located in Alabama (2), Georgia (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri (3), North Carolina (4), Ohio, Texas and Virginia (5).

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

Websites for Flint Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

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

Communities near Flint Hill ...

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

  • Blythewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Winnsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Great Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Elgin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <4>
  • Ridgeway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mitford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
  • Smallwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
  • Winnsboro Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
  • Liberty Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Adger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Adger is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flint Hill ...

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

Adding Flint Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Flint Hill post office opened in 1876. The Flint Hill post office closed in 1911.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flint 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Flint Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Flint 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/