Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Oak Hill (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Oak Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Oak Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Oakhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Oak Hill is located in Granville County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Granville County: Durham, Franklin, Person, Vance, Wake, Halifax (VA) & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Oak Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Hill:
- Granville County (The home county of Oak Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Wilbourns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Gela
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Stovall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Berea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Bullock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Townsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Tar River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Hester
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Fairport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Leasburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Semora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Estelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Rougemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bahama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Franklinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Ingleside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Berryland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Fieldstream
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Caldwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Charter Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- North Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Springcrest Meadows
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Kindful Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Laws
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Larry Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Schley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Green Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Pleasant Green Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Allensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Moriah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roxboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Timberlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Whitt Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Cates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Ceffo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hurdle Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Dabney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Adcock Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Gill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Kittrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drewry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gillburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Bobbitt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Wake County
- New Light
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Rose Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Soul City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Afton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Norlina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Wise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Charlotte County (VA)
- Wylliesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna County (VA)
- Scottsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Virgilina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Aarons Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Harmony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Omega
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Cluster Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Banister Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Delila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Halifax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Shiny Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Henrico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Jeffress
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Finchley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Orgainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Skipwith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Cusco Willa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Boydton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Hill.
Cemeteries Near Oak Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Hill.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Oak Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Norwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Virgilina Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgilina Cemetery
- The Virgilina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Virgilina - Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52494 <2>
- Callahan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ragland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville Methodist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadowview Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Oxford.
- The Meadowview Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Meadowview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48079 <2>
- Royster Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Elliott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Puryear Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rogers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oak Hill had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Satterwhite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Satterwhite is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
- Virgilina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Stovall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Allensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Siddon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Siddon is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddon
- Bullock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Averett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Red Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Surl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surl is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsboro is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Hill.
Newspapers Published in Oak Hill ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Oak Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Granville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |