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Oil City, Pennsylvania

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The city of Oil City is located in Venango County.

Oil City is 290 feet [88.39 m] above sea level.<1>

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

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

 AlbertaMissouri
 CaliforniaNew Mexico
 KentuckyOklahoma
 LouisianaOntario
 MarylandTexas
 MichiganWashington
 MississippiWisconsin

At the time of the 2000 Census, Oil City had a population of 11,504 people<2> (or 20.02% of the total population of Venango County). The population of Oil City represented 0.09% of the total of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 36th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Oil City had a population of 10,598 people. This is a decrease of 7.88% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Oil City.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200810,598-7.88%-0.75% since 2007
200710,678-7.18%-0.99% since 2006
200610,785-6.25%-0.69% since 2005
200510,860-5.6% 
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200011,504The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Beaver City   SE16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Coal City   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Enterprise   NE15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Franklin   SW7 mi [11.27 km]6,6647.6% decrease
 Hill City   SE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Iron City   SE15 mi [24.14 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Oil City.




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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oil City - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Oil City.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Oil City and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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