longest term any mayor has held in the state of Florida. Bobby Greatrex was mayor from 1989 to 1990, and Bruce Burch served from 1990 to 1994. Toreatha Wood became the city's first female mayor, as well as first African-American female mayor, serving from 1999 to 2000. Darry Evans was the first African American male mayor. Lorna Travis was mayor from 2000 to 2001, Susan Cook was mayor from 2001 to 2002, and Bob Jackson was mayor in 2002. Mayor Darla Lauer resigned for personal reasons, and was replaced by Mary Lee Cook. The current mayor is Douglas Gibson, who was elected in November 2012. On the evening of August 1, 2011, the city commission voted to disband the city's police department due to ongoing acrimony, personality conflicts and policy disagreements between the city commissioners and the police department. All nine employees received unemployment benefits. The Volusia County Sheriff's Department assumed law enforcement duties for the city. Geography Oak Hill is a city on the Atlantic coastline of Volusia County. It is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (43.75%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,378 people, 549 households, and 410 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 695 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 81.79% White, 16.26% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population. The 2010 Census shows 1,792 people (an increase of 30% since 2000) and 1,044 dwelling units, with 247 dwellings vacant, vacant for rent or vacant for sale. There were 797 households in the city, 638 of which were owner occupied dwellings (total population of 1,418 people, or 2.2 people per household). Population density in 2010 is 271.5 people per square mile (up from 216.1 per square mile in 2000). Note that this number is not precise because the area of the city has increased somewhat since 2000 through annexations. The 2010 racial makeup of the city shows only small changes from 2000, White is 83.15% (from 81.79% in 2000), African American is 13.89% (from 16.26% in 2000), all other ethnicities combined total just under 3%. Of the