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Welcome to Oil City ...The town of Oil City is located in Caddo Parish<1>. The location of Oil City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- 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 1907. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Oil City has a population of 969 people<3> (see below for details). Oil City is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Oil City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Oil City is located in the (318) area code. The ZIP code for Oil City: 71061<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Oil City had an population of 969 people. This is a decrease of 3.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 20.51% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Oil City had a population of 1,008 people. This makes Oil City the parish's 5th most populous community. The population of Oil City represents 0.02% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 171st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,008 people, the population of Oil City decreased 17.31% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,219 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Oil City. 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, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Washington, Wisconsin 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oil City ...Looking for more information about Oil City? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Oil City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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.<7> We also found Oil City on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911). 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 Caddo Parish: www.caddo.org/ The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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