Oil Center, New Mexico

Ohkay Owingeh
(Rio Arriba County)

Oil City
(Eddy County)

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Current Weather

Oil Center is located in Lea County.

Typical abbreviation for Oil Center: Oil Ctr. (or less commonly used: Oil Cen., Oil Cent. or Oil Cntr.)

Oil Center is 1,090 feet [332.23 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Oil Center lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Oil Center can be found in:

	Illinois	Oklahoma
	Kentucky
	Louisiana
	Ohio (historic ^<2>)

While we we don't have population counts for Oil Center, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Oil Center).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
Air Base City	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
Eunice	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,771	8.16% increase
Hillburn City	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	---
Hobbs	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	30,476	6.35% increase
Humble City	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
Jal	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	2,045	2.45% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Oil Center.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
New Mexico ^<5>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oil Center - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oil Center, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Oil Center and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Oil Center. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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