Oil City
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Oil City, CA” and “Oil City, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bakersfield College and Highland High School.
Bakersfield College
College
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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.
Highland High School
School
Highland High School is a public high school in Bakersfield, California, United States. It is part of the Kern High School District and serves grades 9 through 12. Highland High School is situated 2½ miles southeast of Oil City.
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 2½ miles northwest of Oil City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Bakersfield and Bakersfield.
East Bakersfield
Hamlet
East Bakersfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California. East Bakersfield is situated 3 miles south of Oil City.
Bakersfield
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 City
Latitude
35.42635° or 35° 25′ 35″ northLongitude
-118.96038° or 118° 57′ 37″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
8573C2GQ+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 150939168OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Oil City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奧爾城”
- French: “Oil City”
- Irish: “Oil City”
- Persian: “اویل سیتی، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “اویل سیتی”
- Polish: “Oil City”
- South Azerbaijani: “اویل سیتی، کالیفورنیا”
- Turkish: “Oil City”
- Urdu: “آئل سٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maltha and Kern.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Southeast Kern River Cogen and Kern River Eastridge Cogen.
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