Oak Hill, Massachusetts

Oak Hill is one of thirteen villages of the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

History and geography

This village is situated on a landform known since the mid-17th century as Oak Hill, and one of the seven principal elevations of Newton (the others being Nonantum Hill, Waban Hill, Chestnut Hill, Bald Pate Hill, Institution Hill, and Mount Ida).^[1]

One of the last villages to be developed in Newton, Oak Hill is unique in that it has no significant shopping center or post office.

Oak Hill Park, a post-World War II subdivision built on a gravel quarry for the returning GI's and once described as a sort of "Levittown" is sometimes considered to be a separate neighborhood from Newton.

Education

Oak Hill is home to several schools, including:

• Newton South High School, on Brandeis Road
• Oak Hill Middle School, on Wheeler Road
• Charles E. Brown Middle School, on Meadowbrook Road
• Memorial Spaulding Elementary School, on Brookline Street

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ Samuel Francis Smith (1880). History of Newton, Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: The American Logotype Company. p. 13. http://books.google.com/books?id=ViQWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762&lpg=PA762&dq=%22edward+jackson%22+newton&source=bl&ots=xVj2Y0G3zB&sig=8KQhJKTSVIo-2O4sMKENpmPCU8U&hl=en&ei=TGmWS5aGNtKztgfe3aHtDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=wiswall&f=false. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 

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Coordinates: 42°18′12.35″N 71°11′11.19″W / 42.3034306°N 71.1864417°W / 42.3034306; -71.1864417