Oak Hill
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city in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Fayette
- Mayor
- Charles H. Briscoe
- City manager
- Cris Meadows
- Total
- 9.63 sq mi (24.94 km )
- Land
- 9.61 sq mi (24.90 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 2,014 ft (614 m)
- Density
- 850.7/sq mi (328.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-60028
- Website
- https://oakhillwv.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Oak Hill
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fayette County
- Population
- 8179
- Area
- 12.667832
- Elevation
- 614
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Image
- Oak Hill West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 3625
- Dialing code
- 304
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- native label
- Oak Hill
- P8168
- Anastasiya Yermakova
- Commons category
- Oak Hill, West Virginia
- postal code
- 25901
- topic's main category
- Category:Oak Hill, West Virginia
- inception
- 1820-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.1375
- per capita income
- 24056
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Encyclopedic overview
Oak Hill is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 8,179 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beckley metropolitan area.
Country singer Hank Williams died in Oak Hill on his way to a concert on January 1, 1953. The city is also home to the historic Oak Hill Railroad Depot which still stands today as an artisan shop. More recently, recreation has become a leading industry as the city neighbors the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oak Hill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.