Hillcrest, TX

By: Mark Odintz

Type: General Entry

Published: 1976

Updated: January 1, 1995

Hillcrest is on State Highway 71 five miles northwest of Columbus in northwestern Colorado County. According to some sources, it was named for the low hill in its vicinity. Hillcrest had three businesses, a church, two schools, a cemetery, and scattered dwellings in 1940. In 1970 the community was the site of a gas station, a store, a motel, and a few residences. Between 1988 and 2000 the population of Hillcrest was estimated at twenty-five.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Mark Odintz, “Hillcrest, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 16, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hillcrest-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1976
Most Recent Revision Date:: January 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2022–2023

Texas Almanac 2020-2021


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Hillcrest
Currently Exists: Yes
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1378454
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Colorado County
Coordinates: Latitude: 29.74884360°

Longitude: -96.60108400°
Population Counts: People Year

25 2009

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