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Welcome to Black Hill ...

Although we found mention of Black Hill during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Black Hill was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Black Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Hill, please Contact Us.


We aren't confident of the location of Black Hill, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


Black Hill is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Black Hill might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Black Hill would be found within the (830) area code.

Communities Also Named Black Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Black Hill: This one is located in Atascosa County and the other is located in Rockwall County.

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

Communities near Black Hill ...

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

  • Pleasanton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Floresville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandy Oaks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
    • Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
  • Jourdanton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Poteet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Poth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
    • Poth is located in Wilson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <4>
  • Elmendorf
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Falls City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Christine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Loma Vista ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Vista
    • Loma Vista is located in Wilson County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Black Hill ...

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Black Hill and then turned west". While Black Hill could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Black Hill as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Black Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black 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>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.




 

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