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Welcome to Fern Hill ...

Fern Hill is located in Pierce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fern Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Fern Hill is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fern Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Fern Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Fern Hill - they are located in Illinois, Nova Scotia, Oregon (2) and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Fern Hill ...

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

  • Tacoma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kent
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Federal Way
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Puyallup
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • University Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Des Moines
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • SeaTac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bonney Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fern Hill ...

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

Adding Fern Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fern Hill post office opened in 1890.

We also found Fern Hill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fern 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/