Welcome to Oak Hill ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Hill, please Contact Us.

Oak Hill would have been located within present day Etowah County<2>.

The location of Oak Hill has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak Hill is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oak Hill was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Oak Hill (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Oak Hill ...

While we believe that this Oak Hill is located in Etowah County, we know of another 5 Alabama communities named Oak Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: DeKalb, Lauderdale, Talladega, Walker and Wilcox County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 96 communities that are also named Oak Hill - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (5), Louisiana (3), Maine (4), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (14), Texas (5), Utah, Virginia (7), West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Oak Hill ...

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

• Gadsden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
  • Gadsden is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gadsden <5>
• Boaz
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
  • Boaz is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <5>
• Rainbow City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow City
  • Rainbow City is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,603 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainbow City <5>
• Southside
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Southside is located in Calhoun County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southside <5>
• Attalla
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attalla
  • Attalla is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attalla <5>
• Glencoe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
  • Glencoe is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <5>
• Piedmont
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
  • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <5>
• Hokes Bluff
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff
  • Hokes Bluff is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,240 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokes Bluff <5>
• Centre
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
  • Centre is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centre <5>
• Collinsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Collinsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Oak Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak 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 for Oak Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oak Hill post office opened in 1875.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/