Oil City, California

Oil City is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, about 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Bakersfield, adjacent to the Kern River Oil Field.[1]

Oil City
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°25′35″N 118°57′37″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern County
Elevation [1]	449 ft (137 m)

Another "Oil City" is located in Fresno County within the Coalinga Oil Field, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Coalinga,[2] at an elevation of 449 feet (137 m).[1]

The town was named for Oil City, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oil City, California
Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1083. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Kern County, California, United States
County seat: Bakersfield
Cities	Arvin Bakersfield California City Delano Maricopa McFarland Ridgecrest Shafter Taft Tehachapi Wasco	Kern County map
CDPs	Alta Sierra Bakersfield Country Club Bear Valley Springs Benton Park Bodfish Boron Buttonwillow Casa Loma Cherokee Strip China Lake Acres Choctaw Valley Cottonwood Derby Acres Di Giorgio Dustin Acres East Bakersfield East Niles Edison Edmundson Acres Edwards Air Force Base El Adobe Fairfax Fellows Ford City Frazier Park Fuller Acres Glennville Goodmanville Golden Hills Greenacres Greenfield Hillcrest Inyokern Johannesburg Keene Kernville La Cresta Lake Isabella Lake of the Woods Lakeside Lamont Lebec Lost Hills McKittrick Mettler Mexican Colony Mojave Mountain Meadows Mountain Mesa North Edwards Oildale Old River Old Stine Olde Stockdale Onyx Pine Mountain Club Potomac Park Pumpkin Center Randsburg Rexland Acres Ridgecrest Heights Rivergrove Rosamond Rosedale Smith Corner South Taft Squirrel Mountain Valley Stallion Springs Stebbins Taft Heights Tarina Tupman Valley Acres Weedpatch Weldon Wofford Heights Woody
Unincorporated communities	Actis Aerial Acres Alameda Armistead Baker Bealville Bena Blackwells Corner Brown Calders Corner Caliente Canebrake Cantil Cawelo China Lake Cinco Claraville Desert Lake Dow Edwards Famoso Fruitvale Goler Heights Grapevine Gypsite Havilah Hights Corner Indian Wells Jasmin Keyesville Lerdo Loraine Mayfair Meridian Midoil Millersville Millux Minter Village Miracle Hot Springs Missouri Triangle Monolith Neufeld North Shafter Oil City Old Town Panama Pentland Pinon Pines Estates Pond Rancho Seco Reward Ricardo Rich Rio Bravo Riverkern Rowen Saco Sageland Saltdale Sanborn Sand Canyon Shirley Meadows South Lake Spicer City Thomas Lane Twin Oaks Wheeler Ridge Willow Springs Woodford
Former settlements	Asphalto Canebrake Desert Spring Freeman Junction Garlock Gold Town Isabella Joe Walker Town Joyfull Kern River Slough Kernville Lavers' Crossing Leliter Martendale Mountain House Muroc North Muroc Olig Petersburg Quartzburg Reefer City Rio Bravo San Miguel de los Noches Scovern Hot Springs Tehichipa
Other	Buena Vista County, California
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