Bald Hill, Oklahoma

Bald Hill, or Baldhill, is a community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It is located about 15 miles northeast of the City of Okmulgee, the county seat, off of Oklahoma State Highway 16. A post office was established here in 1896, but was closed in 1908. 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. 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.

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