Oil City

Summary

Oil City is a city of Pennsylvania^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Oil City is located in Venango County^[3].
• Oil City is in the country of United States^[4].
• Oil City is on the body of water Allegheny River^[5].
• Oil City is on the body of water Oil Creek^[6].
• Oil City's head of government is recorded as John Kluck^[7].
• Oil City's instance of is recorded as city of Pennsylvania^[8].
• Oil City's instance of is recorded as optional charter municipality of Pennsylvania^[9].
• oil is named after Oil City^[10].
• Oil City's postal code is recorded as 16301^[11].
• Oil City's Commons category is recorded as Oil City, Pennsylvania^[12].
• Oil City's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[13].
• 1824 marks the founding of Oil City^[14].
• Oil City's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.4283, 'lon': -79.7072}^[15].
• Oil City's official website is recorded as http://www.oilcity.org/^[16].
• Oil City's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil City, Pennsylvania^[17].
• Oil City's described at URL is recorded as https://oilcitypa.net/^[18].
• Oil City has a population of {'amount': '+10557'}^[19].
• Oil City has a population of {'amount': '+9613'}^[20].
• Oil City's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Oil City's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Oil City's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Oil City's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[24].
• Oil City's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Oil City'}^[25].
• Oil City's category for people born here is recorded as Q118540000^[26].
• Oil City's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+4228'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Oil City is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Venango County^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Allegheny River^[5], a river^[28], in United States^[29] and Oil Creek^[6], a river^[30], in United States^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+4.84'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.52973'}^[33]. Oil City sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+1017'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10557'}^[19] and {'amount': '+9613'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Pennsylvania^[8] and optional charter municipality of Pennsylvania^[9].

History and Context

1824 marks the founding of Oil City^[14]. oil is named after it^[10].

Why It Matters

Oil City has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]