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Welcome to Oak Hill ...

Oak Hill is located in Peoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Oak Hill is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Hill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oak Hill: 309 & 861<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 96 communities that are also named Oak Hill - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (6), 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.

  • Peoria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pekin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Pekin is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pekin <4>
  • East Peoria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peoria
    • East Peoria is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,344 people
    • Former name for East Peoria:
    • Hilton
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Bartonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Peoria Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Creve Coeur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Creve Coeur is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,109 people
    • Former name for Creve Coeur:
    • Wesley City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creve Coeur <4>
  • West Peoria
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Peoria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peoria
    • West Peoria is located in Peoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Peoria <4>
  • Marquette Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette Heights
    • Marquette Heights is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,617 people
  • Farmington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Hill ...

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

Adding Oak Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak 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 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 1887.

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Peoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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