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Welcome to Oak Hill ...

Oak Hill is located in Granville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Oak Hill is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oak Hill: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Hill ...

While we believe that this Oak Hill is located in Granville County, we know of another 5 North Carolina communities named Oak Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Macon and Scotland County.

Beyond North Carolina, 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), Maine (4), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New York (2), 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.

  • Henderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oxford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxford is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Roxboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Clarksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Virgilina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gela
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Gela is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
  • Berea
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Berea is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Nelson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson

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.<5>

From that list, the Oak Hill post office opened in 1830. The Oak Hill post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Granville, 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. 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>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/