Welcome to Oil City ...

Oil City is located in Barren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oil City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Oil City is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oil City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Oil City and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Oil City: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Oil City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Oil City - they are located in Alberta, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oil City.

Communities near Oil City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oil City.

Glasgow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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- Glasgow is located in Barren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,411 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Glasgow
- From Oil City to Glasgow
Cave City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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- Cave City is located in Barren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave City <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cave City
- From Oil City to Cave City
Horse Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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- Horse Cave is located in Hart County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,415 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horse Cave <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Horse Cave
- From Oil City to Horse Cave
Munfordville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Munfordville is located in Hart County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munfordville <4>
Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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- Brownsville is located in Edmonson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 840 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Brownsville
- From Oil City to Brownsville
Smiths Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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- Smiths Grove is located in Warren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smiths Grove <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Smiths Grove
- From Oil City to Smiths Grove
Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Park City is located in Barren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <4>
Hiseville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hiseville
- From Oil City to Hiseville
Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Beckton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Beckton
- From Oil City to Beckton

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 Oil City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oil City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oil City. 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 Oil City.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oil City. See our Newspapers Page for Oil City.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oil City ...

Looking for more information about Oil City? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oil City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oil City.

Adding Oil City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oil City 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 Oil City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oil City post office opened in 1890.

We also found Oil City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oil City.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Barren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oil City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Oil City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Oil City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/