Oil City

E453534

Oil City is a small city in northwestern Pennsylvania historically known as a center of the early American oil industry.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oil City, Pennsylvania 2
Oil City canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
climate humid continental climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Pennsylvania
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 980 feet
formedByMergerOf Cornplanter Township NERFINISHED
Oil City Borough NERFINISHED
governmentType city government
hasAreaCode 814
hasCountySeatNearby Franklin, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitution Oil City Area School District NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance center of the early American oil industry
hasHistoricRole development of the modern petroleum industry
hasIndustry manufacturing
oil
petroleum refining
tourism
hasNearbyCity Franklin, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Titusville, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
hasNearbyHistoricSite Drake Well NERFINISHED
hasNearbyWaterBody Allegheny River NERFINISHED
Oil Creek NERFINISHED
hasPopulationRange 10000-20000 inhabitants
hasPostalCode 16301
hasRiver Allegheny River NERFINISHED
Oil Creek NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th-century oil boom
incorporationStatus incorporated city
knownFor early American oil industry
petroleum production history
locatedIn Pennsylvania
northwestern Pennsylvania
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Venango County NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInGeographicRegion Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED
locatedInMetropolitanArea Oil City micropolitan area NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOn Allegheny River NERFINISHED
Oil Creek NERFINISHED
state Pennsylvania
transportation Pennsylvania Route 8 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Pennsylvania hasMajorCity Oil City
this entity surface form: Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil Creek region of Pennsylvania hasPart Oil City
this entity surface form: Oil City, Pennsylvania