| Hilham | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Tennessee#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Overton |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1797 |
| Named For: | Combination of "hill" and "hamlet"[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.15 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.15 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 338 |
| Population Density Km2: | 36.96 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1093 |
| Coordinates: | 36.4142°N -85.4417°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 38568 |
| Area Code: | 931 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 47-34580 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1287776 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.53 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.53 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 95.72 |
Hilham is an unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee. The community is situated around the junction of Tennessee State Route 136 (which runs north-to-south) and Tennessee State Route 85 (which runs east-to-west). Although not a census-designated place, Hilham is part of a Zip Code Tabulation Area (38568) that covers most of rural northwest Overton County and part of northeast Jackson County. As of the 2000 census, the population of this entire area was less than 2000.[4]
Hilham was established in 1797 by Dartmouth graduate Moses Fisk (1759-1840), who believed the site was the geographic center of the United States (at the time, the Mississippi River was still the nation's western boundary). Fisk platted Hilham so that roads radiated out from the center of the community to the north, south, east and west, believing that Hilham would eventually be the ultimate crossroads of the new nation. In 1806, Fisk established one of the first female academies in the southeast at Hilham.[5] [6]
The 11000acres Standing Stone State Park and Forest is located 5miles north of Hilham along State Route 136.