Editing Oak Hill, West Virginia (section)

==History==
Oak Hill was settled in 1820.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer''. p. 1359</ref> The community was so named on account of an oak tree at the elevated town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=477;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=451}}</ref> It was incorporated as a town in 1905.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newriverwv.com/Society_and_Community_Cities_and_Towns_Oak_Hill.php|title=Oak Hill, WV: Fayette County, West Virginia|website=www.newriverwv.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="West Virginia Blue Book">{{cite book|last=[[West Virginia Legislature]]|first=|title=West Virginia Blue Book, 2017-2018|url= https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/2017-2018/0943_WVS_BlueBook.pdf|chapter=Section Ten: Municipalities|year=2018|publisher=West Virginia Legislature|location=Charleston, West Virginia|page=1009}}</ref>

Oak Hill is the supposed place of death of [[Hank Williams]]. According to his driver Charles Carr, they had stopped at a gas station in Oak Hill and found Williams dead in the backseat. On March 26, 2016, the city was honored with a historical marker to pay tribute to Williams' memory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=tyler |date=2016-03-25 |title=Country legend Hank Williams recalled in Oak Hill |url=https://wvpress.org/photos/country-legend-hank-williams-recalled-oak-hill/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=West Virginia Press Association |language=en-US}}</ref>