Welcome to Hillis ...So far, we found very little information about Hillis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hillis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hillis, please Contact Us. Hillis would have been located within present day Warren County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hillis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hillis is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Hillis was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Hillis (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Code where Hillis was located: 931 Communities Also Named Hillis ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hillis - they are located in Georgia and New York. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hillis. Communities near Hillis ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hillis.
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 Hillis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hillis. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hillis. 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 Hillis. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillis. See our Newspapers Page for Hillis. Adding Hillis to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hillis in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hillis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hillis. Footnotes ...
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