Welcome to Oil City ...
Oil City is located in Monroe County<1>.
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.<2>.
Time Zone: Oil City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Oil City: 608 & 353<3>
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) - 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) - Cashton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Wonewoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - 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)
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.<5>
X2X - 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/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oil City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Oil City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Oil City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |