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 hospitals and 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 Jackson County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Meigs (OH), Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt & Wood.
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:
- Jackson 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.
- Ripley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairplain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Hereford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Angerona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
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- Statts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Flatwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Huntsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Sandyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Millwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Pink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Rocksdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Beech
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Hur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Island Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Sissonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Legg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Legg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
- Aarons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Cross Lanes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Nitro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wellford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Elkview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Jarretts Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Youngs Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Baden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Letart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Letart is located in Mason County
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- Arbuckle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Mason County
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- Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Southside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Southside is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Grimms Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grimms Landing is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms Landing
- Flatrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
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- Brighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Mason County
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- New Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Fivemile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fivemile is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Arlee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arlee is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlee
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sigman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Paradise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Buffalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Pliny
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pliny is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pliny
- Red House
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Winfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eleanor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fraziers Bottom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fraziers Bottom is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraziers Bottom
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Flint Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Zona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Reedy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Cicerone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Walton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Millard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Millard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Graux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Graux is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graux
- Triplett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Peewee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Windy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Lucile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Burning Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Greencastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wesley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Eli
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eli is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Leachtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Slate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Mineral Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
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- Mineral Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Lubeck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County
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- Athens County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Vanderhoof
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vanderhoof is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderhoof
- Youba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Youba is located in Athens County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youba
- Coolville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallia County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Cheshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cheshire is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Gallipolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kyger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Bladen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bladen is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladen
- Eureka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Westbrook Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westbrook Village is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Mills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mills Village is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Village
- Kerr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kerr is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Meigs County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Letart Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart Falls
- Plants
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plants is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plants
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dorcas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Spiller
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
- Racine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashan
- Syracuse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keno is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Welshtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Middleport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pomeroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
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.
- Casto Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Easter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Webster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairplain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pantell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casto Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (844 more) ...
- Old Ripley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Parchment Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Parchment Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchment Valley
- Fairplain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Given
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Given is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Given
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Statts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Hereford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Mentor ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mentor is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Angerona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Angerona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angerona
- Edgar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Cottageville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottageville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Huntsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Louther
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Louther is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louther
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 5 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 16 miles [25.7 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 West Virginia
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Kanawha County
- Mason County
- Putnam County
- Roane County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Athens County
- Gallia County
- Meigs County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
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 'straight-line' 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'. |