​Oak Hill

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Marker Text: ​ First settlers arrived in area in 1840s. The community founded here in 1856 was called Live Oak Springs, in 1865 it was renamed Shiloh. Later schools known as Live Oak and Oatmanville gave names temporarily to the settlement. It has been known as Oak Hill since 1900.
     Limestone quarries were opened, 1882, to supply stone for Capitol building in Austin. By 1886, ten carloads of stone were shipped daily over railroad which joined quarries with Capitol grounds. It is estimated that one-third of Capitol's walls are lined with limestone from Oak Hill quarries. (1969)

Marker No: 12695

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.234316, -97.868767

Location: Roadside park on Highway 290 500 feet West of Williamson Creek, Oak Hill