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Welcome to Marble Hill ...

Marble Hill is located in Moore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Marble Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Marble Hill is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Marble Hill (for example, toward Signal Mountain), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Marble Hill: 931

Communities Also Named Marble Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Marble Hill: This one is located in Moore County and the other is located in Blount County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 12 communities that are also named Marble Hill - they are located in Georgia, Indiana (2), Maryland (2), Missouri, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Marble Hill ...

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

  • Tullahoma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Winchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Fayetteville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lynchburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gattistown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Decherd
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Southgate Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
  • Estill Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cowan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marble Hill ...

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

Adding Marble Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Marble 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 Marble Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Marble Hill post office opened in 1873. The Marble Hill post office closed in 1882.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Moore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marble Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/