Map of Gold Hill city, Oregon

Gold Hill is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,335. It is along a bend of the Rogue River.

Gold Hill city overview:
Name:	Gold Hill city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Oregon
County:	Jackson County
Incorporated:	1895
Elevation:	1,085 ft (330.7 m)
Total Area:	0.76 sq mi (1.97 km²)
Land Area:	0.76 sq mi (1.97 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,335
Population Density:	1,751.97/sq mi (676.77/km²)
ZIP code:	97525
Area code:	541
FIPS code:	4129950
GNISfeature ID:	1639311
Website:	www.cityofgoldhill.com

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History

The City’s name comes from a nearby hill that was the location of a 19th-century gold discovery, on “Big Bar” on the Rogue River in the early 1850s. In 1852, Colonel William T’Vault and family made a claim, naming it Dardanelles, on the south side of the Rogue. Gold Hill became a boomtown overnight after time it became well known as pocket gold county. Seasoned prospectors specialized in placer mining from rivers, creeks, and streams. Gold Hill became world famous for its production of cement from area limestone deposit’s.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.77 square miles (1.99 km), all of it land.

Gold Hill lies east of the city of Rogue River and northwest of Central Point and Medford along Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 in the Rogue River Valley. Gold Hill is connected to Shady Cove to the northeast by Oregon Route 234.