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Welcome to Laurel Hill ...

Laurel Hill is located in DeKalb County<1>.


The location of Laurel Hill has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Laurel Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Laurel Hill is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Laurel Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Laurel Hill and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Laurel Hill lies within the (615) area code.

Communities Also Named Laurel Hill ...

While we believe that this Laurel Hill is located in DeKalb County, we know of another 2 Tennessee communities named Laurel Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chester and Lawrence County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 26 communities that are also named Laurel Hill - they are located in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Texas, Virginia (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Laurel Hill ...

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

  • Cookeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Difficult
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Temperance Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperance Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
    • Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
  • Smithville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lafayette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Carthage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pekin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pekin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Pekin is located in Putnam County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
  • Bluff Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
    • Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
  • Baxter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Baxter is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,543 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <4>
  • Watertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laurel Hill ...

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

Adding Laurel Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Laurel Hill post office opened in 1850.

We also found Laurel Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laurel Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Laurel Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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