Welcome to Cheap Hill ...
Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cheap Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Cheap Hill had a population of 167,674 people.<2> (see below for details).
Cheap Hill is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Cheap Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Cheap Hill: 615 & 629<4>
Communities near Cheap Hill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cheap Hill.
- Clarksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Coopertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- White Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kingston Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pegram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 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 Cheap Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cheap Hill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cheap 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 Cheap Hill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheap Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Cheap Hill.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cheap Hill ...
Looking for more information about Cheap 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 Cheap Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cheap Hill.
Adding Cheap Hill to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cheap 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 Cheap Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cheap Hill post office opened in 1877. The Cheap Hill post office closed in 1921.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cheap Hill.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cheatham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cheap Hill. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cheap Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Cheap Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Cheap Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |