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Welcome to Oilville ...

Oilville is located in Logan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oilville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Oilville is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oilville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oilville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Oilville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oilville - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oilville.

Communities near Oilville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oilville.

  • Williamson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Logan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Chapmanville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Man
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Man is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <4>
  • Delbarton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Matewan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilbert
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Logan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mitchell Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
  • Musick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Musick is located in Mingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick

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 Oilville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oilville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oilville ...

Looking for more information about Oilville? 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 Oilville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oilville.

Adding Oilville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oilville 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 (so far) for Oilville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oilville post office opened in 1889. The Oilville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oilville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Logan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oilville - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Oilville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Oilville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/