Welcome to Oil Center ...Oil Center is located in southeast New Mexico. Oil Center is located in Lea County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oil Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1937. A typical abbreviation for Oil Center: Oil Ctr. (or less commonly used: Oil Cen., Oil Cent. or Oil Cntr.) Oil Center is 3,590 feet [1,094 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Oil Center is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Oil Center lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Oil Center and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Oil Center: 575 Communities Also Named Oil Center ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Oil Center - they are located in Illinois (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oil Center. Communities near Oil Center ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oil Center.
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 Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oil Center. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oil Center. See our Newspapers Page for Oil Center. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oil Center ...Looking for more information about Oil Center? 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 Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oil Center. Adding Oil Center to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oil Center 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 (so far) for Oil Center was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oil Center. Footnotes ...
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