Oil City, Oklahoma

Oil City, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Oil City Show map of Oklahoma Oil City Show map of the US Location within the state of Oklahoma
Coordinates: 34°16′28″N 97°25′5″W / 34.27444°N 97.41806°W / 34.27444; -97.41806Coordinates: 34°16′28″N 97°25′5″W / 34.27444°N 97.41806°W / 34.27444; -97.41806
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Carter
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	1100687

Oil City is a small unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.^[1] The community was established in 1896. It was originally named Wheeler, but the name of its post office was officially changed on October 15, 1919.^[2] The post office closed in 1930.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oil City, Oklahoma
1 2 Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.154.

Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States

County seat: Ardmore

Cities	Ardmore Healdton Lone Grove Wilson

Towns	Dickson Gene Autry Ratliff City Springer Tatums

Unincorporated communities	Alpers Baum Brock Caldwell Hill Cheek Clemscott Cobalt Junction Countyline‡ Dillard Dripping Springs Dundee Durwood Fox Glenn Graham Hewitt Milo Newport Oil City Old Scott Pooleville Post Oak Provence Pruitt City Reck Rexroat Tussy‡ Wirt Woodford Zaneis

Ghost towns	Pike City

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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