Oak Hill, Alabama
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Oak Hill is a town in Wilcox County
Wilcox County, Alabama
Wilcox County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Lieutenant J. M. Wilcox, who fought in the wars against the Creek tribe. As of 2010, the population was 11,670...

, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

, United States
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. The population was 37 at the 2000 census. Benjamin M. Miller
Benjamin M. Miller
Benjamin Meek Miller was an American Democratic politician- Early life:Miller was born in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama, on March 13, 1864, to Rev. John Miller, D.D., and Sarah Pressly Miller. His father was pastor of the Bethel Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at Oak Hill for 31 years...

, Governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935, was born at Oak Hill on March 13, 1864.

Geography

Oak Hill is located at 31°55′31"N 87°4′58"W (31.925246, -87.082645).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 37 people, 10 households, and 9 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 66.0 people per square mile (25.5/km²). There were 19 housing units at an average density of 33.9 per square mile (13.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 64.86% Black
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 or African American
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 and 35.14% White
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.

Out of ten households, 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples
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 living together, and 10.0% were non-families. No households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.70 and the average family size was 3.78.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 32.4% from 45 to 64, and 2.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $0 for females. The per capita income
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 for the town was $7,659. There were no families and none of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
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