Bartlesville
| Bartlesville, Oklahoma | |
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Downtown Bartlesville viewed from the Price Tower (2008)
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| Nickname(s): B-ville | |
 Location of Bartlesville within Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 36°44′50″N 95°57′34″W / 36.74722°N 95.95944°WCoordinates: 36°44′50″N 95°57′34″W / 36.74722°N 95.95944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Counties | Washington, Osage |
| Bartlesville, Indian Territory | January 15, 1897 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.75 sq mi (58.9 km2) |
| • Land | 22.75 sq mi (58.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 705 ft (215 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 35,837 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (610/km2) |
| • μSA | 52,021 (US: 201st) |
| • CSA | 1,151,172 (US: 48th) |
| Demonym(s) | Bartian |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 74003 74004 74005 74006 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code rE | 40-04450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1089874 |
| Website | cityofbartlesville.org |
Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 35,750 at the 2010 census, with a 2015 estimate of 36,595 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. The Caney River runs through Bartlesville.
Bartlesville is the primary city of the Bartlesville Micropolitan area, which consists of Washington County and had a population of 52,021 in 2015. The Bartlesville Micropolitan area is also part of the Tulsa Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 1,151,172 in 2015.
Bartlesville is notable as the longtime home of Phillips Petroleum Company. Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 when the area was still an Indian Territory. The company merged with Conoco as ConocoPhillips and later split into the two independent companies, Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips. Both companies have retained some operations in Bartlesville, but they have moved their corporate headquarters to Houston.
It is one of two places in Oklahoma where a Lenape Native American tribe lives, the other being Anadarko.
Jacob Bartles, son-in-law of Delaware chief Charles Journeycake, moved from Wyandotte County, Kansas, to Indian Territory in 1873. He settled first at Silver Lake, a natural lake south of the present city of Bartlesville. In 1874, he opened a trading post and post office on Turkey Creek, in what is now East Bartlesville. In the following year, he bought a grist mill on the Caney River and modified it to produce flour. Bartles then built a two-story general store and residence, and added a rooming house, a blacksmith shop and a livery stable. Other settlers soon moved into the immediate area, which was then called Bartles Town. In 1880, Bartles moved his Turkey Creek post office to this town. Bartles then provided the community with electricity, a telephone system and a water distribution system.
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