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Do you know of Independent Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Independent 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 Independent Hill.<1>

Our sources for Independent 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 Independent Hill other than they indicate that Independent Hill would be found somewhere in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1877.

Communities Also Named Independent Hill ...

We found one communities that share the name Independent Hill.

Within Tennessee, the name Independent Hill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Independent Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Independent Hill [Prince William County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Independent Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Independent Hill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Rutherford 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 Rutherford County.

Barefield 
Bel AireLacassas
BeverlyLamar
 Lowe
Carlocksville 
Cherry FlatMayella
Christiana StationMiddleton
 Millersburg
Dentonville 
 Pinkard
EvergladePuckett
  
Florence StationReeds Store
 Rock Springs
Henderson 
HooverSwanville
Hoovers Gap 
HuntersvilleUtopia
  
Jackson HeightsVaughn Valley
Jakestown 
JeffersonWayside
Jordon's ValleyWinsted
Jug Town 

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/









 

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