Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Hillsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Hillsville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hillsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Hillsville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hillsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Hillsville was listed as Hillsville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Hillsville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Hillsville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Hillsville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Hillsville. See our Misc Page for Hillsville for more information.