Oil Region

The Oil Region is an unofficial region in the western part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that encompasses the land in and around the Oil Creek valley.^[1] It is so named because it includes the first oil fields discovered in the United States (see History of the petroleum industry in the United States).

The Drake Well Museum^[2]^[3] and Oil Creek State Park are located in this region, and it is encompassed by the Oil Region National Heritage Area.^[4]

Cities

Boroughs

Villages

Greashem
Mistic Park
Grand Valley
Cherrytree Township
East Titusville
Petroleum Center
Kaneville, PA
Rynd Farm

Ghost Towns

Pithole

References

↑ Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 270.
↑ ""Drake Well"". Friends of Drake Well, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
↑ "Pennsylvania Trail of History". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
↑ http://www.nps.gov/oire/index.htm

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (capital)

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