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History · Oak Hill

Oak Hill’s post office opened in 1875, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Oak Hill was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listings are the Seminole Rest and the Village Improvement Association Hall. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1930.

1875first post office
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3%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Oak Hill began

When was Oak Hill founded?

1875

The Oak Hill post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1927. Another post office, Ariel (1908), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 457 in 19302020 census: 1,986151 years

How historic is Oak Hill?

C+

More historic than 43% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Oak Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1927.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Oak Hill’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Oak Hill is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Oak Hill’s overall grade.
Founding era1875, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19403.0% of homes (±1.9) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register2 listings, 3 historic buildings, 17.7 per 10,000 residents · typical FL town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 43%
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Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Oak Hill’s 17.7 sits above most of its state (87% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1927.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Oak Hill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Oak Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Oak Hill, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Oak Hill’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oak Hill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Oak Hill’s post office has been open since 1875. Another post office, Ariel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Oak Hill
1875–today
Ariel
1908–1920
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArielKings Trailer ParkOak Hill Association Mobile Home ParkOak Hill Trailer ParkOrange Blossom Trailer Park
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Oak Hill
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Oak Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Oak Hill.

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The first inhabitants of what would become Oak Hill were the native Timucuan, who lived along the shore from c. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE, when European settlers started to arrive. In 1564, the French illustrator, Jacques LeMoyne, made a map showing an Indian village named Surruque el Viejo near el Baradero de Suroc. The name "Oak Hill" seems to have been first used by seasonal northern loggers circa 1850, named for an oak tree that grew on the native Timuca tribe's shell mound near the home of J.D. Mitchell, who was the community's first settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Oak Hill, 1875 to 1949

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Oak Hill post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Post officeThe Ariel post office opens
  5. 1920Post officeThe Ariel post office closes
  6. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Oak Hill, decade by decade

Today9 recent
Village Improvement Association Hall, Volushia County, FL, US2022Village Improvement Association Hall, Volushia County…Oak Hill Intracoastal Waterway2022Oak Hill Intracoastal WaterwayOak Hill, FL, USA2011Oak Hill, FL, USAOak Hill, FL, USA - panoramio (1)2011Oak Hill, FL, USA - panoramio (1)Oak Hill FL city hall012010Oak Hill FL city hall01Oak Hill FL city hall sign012010Oak Hill FL city hall sign01Oak Hill FL US 1 south012010Oak Hill FL US 1 south01Oak Hill FL US 1 north012010Oak Hill FL US 1 north01Oak Hill FL CNS012010Oak Hill FL CNS01
On the map

Oak Hill on the map, 1949 to 1970

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Oak Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Oak Hill on the 1949 USGS mapOak Hill on the 1970 USGS map1949Oak Hill sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Oak Hill.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Oak Hill

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Seminole Rest
Seminole RestVillage Improvement Association Hall
BuildingsSites

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Seminole RestLate Victorian
All 2 listings
Village Improvement Association HallBuilding · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Oak Hill, census by census

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Grew from 457 people in 1930 to 1,986 in 2020, 4 times over.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Oak Hill’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Oak Hill’s history

What year was Oak Hill founded?

The Oak Hill post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1927.

How does Oak Hill rank for history?

Oak Hill is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Oak Hill?

Two places: the Seminole Rest (listed 1997) and the Village Improvement Association Hall (2022).

How old are the homes in Oak Hill?

3% of Oak Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1994.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (9), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.