Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
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Oil City
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°24′8″N78°38′25″W / 40.40222°N 78.64028°W / 40.40222; -78.64028
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Cambria
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Also see Oil City, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Oil City is an unincorporated community in east-central Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at the confluence of Bens Creek and the Little Conemaugh River. [1] The bridge over Bens Creek is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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References

  1. "Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.