Welcome to Laurel Hill ...So far, we found very little information about Laurel Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Laurel Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Laurel Hill, please Contact Us. Laurel Hill would have been located within present day Lunenburg County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Laurel Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827. While the community is gone, the present day location for Laurel Hill is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Laurel Hill was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Laurel Hill was located: 434 Communities Also Named Laurel Hill ...While we believe that this Laurel Hill is located in Lunenburg County, we know of another 2 Virginia communities named Laurel Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Augusta and Shenandoah County. Beyond Virginia, there are 26 communities that are also named Laurel Hill - they are located in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (3), Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Laurel Hill. Communities near Laurel Hill ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Laurel Hill.
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 Laurel Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Laurel Hill. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Laurel 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 Laurel Hill. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Laurel Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Laurel Hill. Adding Laurel Hill to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Laurel 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 Laurel Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Laurel Hill. Footnotes ...
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