Welcome to Oil City ...

Oil City is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Oil City is located in Hutchinson County<1>.

The location of Oil City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oil City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1927.

Oil City is 2,950 feet [899 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Oil City is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The area code for Oil City: (806)

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, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), 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.

• Borger
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
  • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <4>
• Fritch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
  • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <4>
• Stinnett
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stinnett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
  • Stinnett is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stinnett <4>
• Sanford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
  • Sanford is located in Hutchinson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <4>
• Electric City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electric City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
  • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
• Phillips
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
  • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
• Pringle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
• Morse
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Morse is located in Hansford County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morse <4>
• Skellytown
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skellytown
  • Skellytown is located in Carson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skellytown <4>
• Sunray
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
  • Sunray is located in Moore County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunray <4>

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 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 City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oil City post office opened in 1927.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oil City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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