Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Oil City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Oil City in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oil City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oil City data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oil City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Oil City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Oil City in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Oil City for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Oil City. See our Misc Page for Oil City for more information.