Oil Center

Oil Center is in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Oil Center is situated nearby to the locality Oil City, as well as near the hamlet East Bakersfield.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kern River Oil Field and Bakersfield College.

Kern River Oil Field

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The Kern River Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California, north-northeast of Bakersfield in the lower Sierra foothills. Kern River Oil Field is situated 1 mile north of Oil Center.

Bakersfield College is a public community college in Bakersfield, California, United States. BC serves about 31,000 students each semester or 46,500 annually, and offers associate degrees, certificate programs, and is one of fifteen California Community Colleges offering a baccalaureate degree. Bakersfield College is situated 2½ miles south of Oil Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oil City and East Bakersfield.

Oil City

Locality

Oil City is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, about 5 miles northeast of Bakersfield, adjacent to the Kern River Oil Field. Another "Oil City" is located in Fresno County within the Coalinga Oil Field, about 9 miles north of Coalinga, at an elevation of 449 feet. Oil City is situated 1½ miles southeast of Oil Center.

East Bakersfield

Hamlet

East Bakersfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census, East Bakersfield had a population of 9,749. East Bakersfield is situated 3½ miles south of Oil Center.

Bakersfield

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Bakersfield is a city in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Bakersfield is famous for being the home of country music singers Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, and has the nickname "the country music capital of the West Coast."…

Oil Center

Also known as: “Oilcenter”
Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.44023° or 35° 26′ 25″ north

Longitude

-118.98315° or 118° 58′ 59″ west

Elevation

617 feet (188 metres)

Open location code

8573C2R8+3P

GeoNames ID

5378856

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