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Welcome to Oak Hill ...

Oak Hill is located in Overton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Oak Hill is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Oak Hill (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Oak Hill: 931

Communities Also Named Oak Hill ...

While we believe that this Oak Hill is located in Overton County, we know of another 13 Tennessee communities named Oak Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Carter, Cocke, Cumberland, Davidson, Henry, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Pickett, Roane, Rutherford, Sullivan and Washington County.

Beyond Tennessee, 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), North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (3), 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.

  • Columbus Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Monterey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • White Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Baxter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Grimsley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dodson Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dodson Branch is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Branch
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,074 people

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 1837. The Oak Hill post office closed in 1914.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Overton, 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/