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Welcome to Shady Hill ...

Shady Hill is located in Henderson County<1>.

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

Shady Hill is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Shady Hill: 731

Communities Also Named Shady Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shady Hill - they are located in Illinois and Maryland.

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

Communities near Shady Hill ...

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

  • Johnson Ford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
  • Mount Lebanon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
  • Atkins ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Atkins is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
  • Union Cross
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Cross is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
  • Lexington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Henderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Swift
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Swift is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
  • Parsons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacks Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotts Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shady Hill ...

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

Adding Shady Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shady Hill post office opened in 1850. The Shady Hill post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Henderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shady 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/