Bald Hill, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Village in Oklahoma, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

Bald Hill, or Baldhill, is a community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.{{cite gnis|1100189|Bald Hill|June 13, 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://roadsidethoughts.com/ok/bald-hill-xx-okmulgee-profile.htm |title=Bald Hill, Oklahoma|publisher=RoadsideThoughts|accessdate=May 31, 2021}} It is located about 15 miles northeast of the City of Okmulgee, the county seat, off of Oklahoma State Highway 16.{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Okmulgee,+OK/Bald+Hill,+OK+74447/@35.6788494,-95.9609612,12z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b42461fd10bb81:0xd61018bacc70b608!2m2!1d-95.9515399!2d35.6266957!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b429a2c508eeef:0x9ac2f7af7e9555d5!2m2!1d-95.8372107!2d35.7403789 |title=Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Bald Hill, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=May 31, 2021}} A post office was established here in 1896, but was closed in 1908.{{cite book |last=Carson |first=Mary L. |date=1987 |title= A Guide to Treasure in Oklahoma, Volume 3|publisher= Carson Enterprises Inc. |pages=336–339 |isbn= 0-941620-38-7}} Nevertheless, the town was fueled by oil money, and had a population of 150 in 1923.

Bald Hill was the location of a mansion on a high hill belonging to Enos Wilson.{{cite web|url= https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19350703.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- |title=Enos Wilson Accorded Title of ‘Richest Indian’ |publisher=Daily Illini, July 3, 1935 (accessed on Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections)|accessdate=May 31, 2021}} Wilson was recognized in 1935 by the Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes as then being the “world’s richest Indian.” A paper referred to the mansion as “his famous peak castle.”

Bald Hill is now considered a ghost town.