Welcome to Oil City ...

Oil City is located in Monroe County<1>.

The location of Oil City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (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 1873.

Oil City is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Oil City is located in the (608) area code.

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), Texas, Washington 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.

• Sparta
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
• Tomah
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
  • Tomah is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
• Westby
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
  • Westby is located in Vernon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
• Hillsboro
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
  • Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
• Elroy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elroy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
  • Elroy is located in Juneau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
• Cashton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
  • Cashton is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
• Wonewoc
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonewoc have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
  • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
• La Farge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
  • La Farge is located in Vernon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
• Rockland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Rockland is located in La Crosse County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
• Viola
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Viola is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people

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.

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.<4>

From that list, the Oil City post office opened in 1873.

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.

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.

The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/