Do you know of Alton Hill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alton Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alton Hill.<1>
Our sources for Alton Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Alton Hill other than they indicate that Alton Hill would be found somewhere in Macon County, Tennessee.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1850 and closed in 1904.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alton Hill ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alton Hill:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alton Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Alton Hill.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 47/00980 (Place Name: Alton Hill)
County: Macon (FIPS State/County: 47/111)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Alton Hill) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Macon County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Macon County.
| Casey | Pryor |
| Caseyville | |
| Salt Lick Creek | |
| Eason | Salt Lick |
| Echo | Saunders |
| Smiths Chapel | |
| Hughes | Sullivans |
| Oak Ridge | Union Camp |
| Oakknob | |
| Winklers | |
| Paradise |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |