Welcome to Oil Center ...

So far, we found very little information about Oil Center. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oil Center to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oil Center, please Contact Us.

Oil Center would have been located within present day Wood County<2>.

The location of Oil Center has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oil Center, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for Oil Center: Oil Ctr. (or less commonly used: Oil Cen., Oil Cent. or Oil Cntr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oil Center is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oil Center was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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, New Mexico 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.

• Findlay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
  • Findlay is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Findlay <5>
• Bowling Green
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Bowling Green is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <5>
• Fostoria
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
  • Fostoria is located in Seneca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,194 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fostoria <5>
• Leipsic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
  • Leipsic is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leipsic <5>
• Deshler
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deshler
  • Deshler is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deshler <5>
• Weston
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Weston is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <5>
• McComb
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McComb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McComb
  • McComb is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McComb <5>
• Pemberville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pemberville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberville
  • Pemberville is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pemberville <5>
• Haskins
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskins
  • Haskins is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,242 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskins <5>
• Luckey
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luckey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckey
  • Luckey is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luckey <5>

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.

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

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

Adding Oil Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oil Center in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oil Center was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oil Center post office opened in 1887.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wood County: www.co.wood.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/