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Welcome to Oak Hill ...

Oak Hill is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Oak Hill is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oak Hill: 207

Communities Also Named Oak Hill ...

While we believe that this Oak Hill is located in Cumberland County, we know of another 3 Maine communities named Oak Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Androscoggin, Hancock and Lincoln County.

Beyond Maine, there are 96 communities that are also named Oak Hill - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (5), Louisiana (3), 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.

  • Portland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • South Portland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Biddeford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Saco is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <3>
  • Westbrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Windham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Windham is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,915 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <3>
  • Gorham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gorham is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
  • Falmouth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennebunk
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Standish
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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 (so far) for Oak Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oak Hill post office opened in 1840. The Oak Hill post office closed in 1880.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Cumberland, 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>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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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