Oak Hill, OH

Oak Hill Map

Oak Hill is a village in Jackson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,685 at the 2000 census.

Oak Hill was also a stop on Morgan's Raid, led by Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. Oak Hill was settled by Welsh immigrants that were stranded on the Ohio River in Gallipolis, Ohio. Please see the museum link below for more information regarding the Welsh history in Oak Hill. Oak Hill is home to the 2009 Division 4 State Champion Boys Basketball Team and the 2009 Division 3 State Runner-up Girls Basketball Team.

Village Developments of the 1800s

1814 - First Settler Arrives, Mr. Peter Seel

1818 - First Welsh Settlers

1819 - Union Baptist Church (Blackfork) Organized (as of 2008 the oldest African American Baptist church in Ohio)

1835 - Moriah “Mother Church” Organized

1837 - Post Office Established

1837 - Horeb Church Organized

1839 - Welsh Immigration Begins

1841 - Bethel Church Organized

1841 - Congregational Church Organized

1843 - Sardis Church Organized

1843 - Welsh Calvinistic Church (United Presbyterian Church) Organized

1853 - Jefferson Furnace Constructed

1856 - Gallia Baptist Church Organized

1866 - Portland Masonic Lodge #366 Established

1873 - Village of Oak Hill Formed

1881 - First Newspaper Created

1880 - Oak Hill Morgan Academy Created

1891 - First Financial Institution Created (The Farmer’s Bank)

1873 - Aetna Fire Brick & Coal Company Incorporated

1873 - Oak Hill Fire Brick Company Incorporated

1898 - Ohio Fire Brick Company Incorporated

1893 - Oak Hill Local Union School District Formed

Nearby cities include Rio Grande, Jackson, Vinton, Coalton, Wellston.