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Welcome to Corn Hill ...

Corn Hill is located in Hill Country.

Corn Hill is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Corn Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Corn Hill is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Corn Hill ...

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

  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Harker Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hutto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <3>
  • Belton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Nolanville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Salado
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Little River Academy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Little River Academy is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Academy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
  • Bartlett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Granger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Corn Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Corn Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Corn Hill ...

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

Adding Corn Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Corn Hill in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Corn Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Corn Hill post office opened in 1855. The Corn Hill post office closed in 1912.

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

Footnotes ...

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