Official website (http://www.oilcity.org/)
Oil City
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city of Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Venango
- Type
- Council/Manager
- Mayor
- John Kluck
- City manager
- Michelle Hoovler
- Total
- 4.84 sq mi (12.53 km )
- Land
- 4.49 sq mi (11.64 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km )
- Density
- 2,139.8/sq mi (826.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 582 ; 814
- Fips code
- 42-56456
- Website
- www .oilcity .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Explore Oil City, Pennsylvania - City of Oil City, PA
Whether your family has been in Oil City for generations, or you're looking for a new city to root in, Oil City has what you're looking for. Learn more about the arts, events, and industries that make us love Oil City.
oilcity.org →Explore events, programs, and current community projects happening throughout Oil City. Read the history of this great community and get involved today!
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Oil City, Pennsylvania
oilcitypa.net →My name is Bob Babcock. I knew the author of this site, William L. Passauer, for over 30 years. I’ve hosted this site since 2019 and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Bill Passauer was born and raised in Oil City, PA from 1944 thru 1963. He passed away Feb. 10, 2026. This website is his tribute to Oil City and the wonderful people who live there. Match the icons to the locations on the map, below, or click a link to go to the pages described. The Oil City pages contain new and old images, and the history of my favorite town. The Monarch Park pages depict the amusement park that existed from 1896 to 1926 near Oil City. The River Ridge Farm website shows our local castle and the home of my wife’s family for a generation. The Chamor Estate pages present an interesting house in Seneca. The OCHS Class of ’63 website is dedicated to my Oil City High School classmates. This map is interactive: move, zoom, click on icons, and expand to full screen (top right corner). Reload the page to refresh the map.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- oil
- Official name
- Oil City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Venango County
- Population
- 9613
- Area
- 12.52973
- Elevation
- 1017
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Oil Creek
- Official website
- www.oilcity.org
- Image
- Oil City PA..JPG
- Households
- 4228
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- topic's main category
- Category:Oil City, Pennsylvania
- Commons category
- Oil City, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 16301
- inception
- 1824-00-00
- P8168
- Zygmunt Steuermann
- water area
- 0.894085
- water as percent of area
- 7.1357
- per capita income
- 25351
- described at URL
- oilcitypa.net
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Encyclopedic overview
Oil City is the largest city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. Known for its prominence in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry, it is located at a bend in the Allegheny River at the mouth of Oil Creek. The population was 9,608 at the 2020 census, and it is the principal city of the Oil City micropolitan area.
Initial settlement of Oil City was sporadic, and tied to the iron industry. After the first oil wells were drilled in 1861, it became central to the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker State, and Wolf's Head motor oil companies. Tourism plays a prominent role in the region by promoting oil heritage sites, nature trails, and Victorian architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oil City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations