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Welcome to Oilville ...Oilville is located in Goochland County<1>. The location of Oilville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Oilville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Oilville is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oilville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Oilville is within the (804) area code. Communities Also Named Oilville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oilville - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oilville. Communities near Oilville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oilville.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oilville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oilville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oilville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oilville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oilville. See our Newspapers Page for Oilville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oilville ...Looking for more information about Oilville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Oilville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Oilville. Adding Oilville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oilville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oilville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Oilville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Oilville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oilville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Goochland County: www.co.goochland.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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