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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Scotland 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 Scotland County: Hoke, Richmond, Robeson & Marlboro (SC).
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:
- Scotland 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.
- Wagram
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Crump Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Richmond Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- East Laurinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Laurinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laurel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hasty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Gibson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Anson County
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Timberlake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hope Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Bragg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ardulusa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ardulusa is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardulusa
- Bonnie Doone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingsford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Highland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Shaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Spring Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Johnsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Overhills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Spout Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Pineview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Bowmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Timberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Raeford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Ashley Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Dundarrach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Rockfish
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Lee County
- White Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Montgomery County
- Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Silver Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Pinebluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Southern Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Taylortown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Foxfire
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Whispering Pines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Jackson Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- West End
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Hoffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Marston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Steen Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Ghio Scholl Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Dobbins Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hamlet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rockingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Rockingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Ellerbe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Honey Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Yates Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yates Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
- Norman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Maxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Prospect
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Lumber Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Philadelphus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Red Banks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Rex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Pates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pates is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
- Rennert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Parkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pembroke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dillon County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Oakland Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Minturn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marlboro County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- McColl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Red Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Tatum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <1>
- Bennettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
- McNeill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Love Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McMillan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wrights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilchrist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Purcell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Watson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McNeill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- McPhatter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conelly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Oak Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Hoffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Pinebluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floral College
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Floral College is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral College
- Aberdeen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wakulla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wakulla is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
- Maxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Manly is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Alma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Southern Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hamlet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Philadelphus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Lumber Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Red Banks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
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 70 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 20 miles [32.2 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Scotland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cumberland County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Dillon County
- Marlboro 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |