Bald Hill, Oklahoma

Bald Hill, or Baldhill,^[1] is a community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.^[2][3] It is located about 15 miles northeast of the City of Okmulgee, the county seat, off of Oklahoma State Highway 16.^[4] A post office was established here in 1896, but was closed in 1908.^[1] Nevertheless, the town was fueled by oil money, and had a population of 150 in 1923.^[1]

Bald Hill was the location of a mansion on a high hill belonging to Enos Wilson.^[1][5] Wilson was recognized in 1935 by the Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes as then being the “world’s richest Indian.”^[5] A paper referred to the mansion as “his famous peak castle.”^[5]

Bald Hill is now considered a ghost town.^[1]