Oil City is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, about 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Bakersfield, adjacent to the Kern River Oil Field.[1]

Another "Oil City" is located in Fresno County within the Coalinga Oil Field, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Coalinga,[2] at an elevation of 449 feet (137 m).[1]

The town was named for Oil City, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oil City, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1083. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_City,_California
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