Oildale, California
| Oildale | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location in Kern County and the state of California |
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 Oildale
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| Coordinates: 35°25′11″N 119°01′10″W / 35.41972°N 119.01944°WCoordinates: 35°25′11″N 119°01′10″W / 35.41972°N 119.01944°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Kern |
| Government | |
| • Senate | Roy Ashburn (R) |
| • Assembly | Jean Fuller (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | Kevin McCarthy (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.533 sq mi (16.919 km2) |
| • Land | 6.533 sq mi (16.919 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 469 ft (143 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 32,684 |
| • Density | 5,000/sq mi (1,900/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 93308 |
| Area code(s) | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-53448 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1652762 |
Oildale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Oildale is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northwest of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of 469 feet (143 m). The population was 32,684 at the 2010 census, up from 27,885 at the 2000 census. It is an unincorporated suburban town just north of Bakersfield across the Kern River, west of the Kern River Oil Field, and east of Highway 99.
Previously called Waits and North Side, Oildale was founded in 1909 when Samuel Dickinson subdivided his land. The first post office opened at Oildale in 1916. Most of the original U-2 spy planes flown out of Groom Lake were built at a secret factory in Oildale disguised as a tire factory, just west of Meadows Field Airport on Norris Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.8 km2), all of it land.
Oildale is adjacent to three large oil fields, including two of the largest in California. The enormous Kern River Oil Field to the east and northeast has more active oil wells (9,183 at the end of 2006) than any other field in California except for the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in southwestern Kern County (which has 11,145). Also adjacent is the huge Kern Front Oil Field, north of town, and the smaller Fruitvale Oil Field, to the southwest.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Oildale had a population of 32,684. The population density was 5,003.2 people per square mile (1,931.8/km²). The racial makeup of Oildale was 27,463 (84.0%) White, 255 (0.8%) African American, 590 (1.8%) Native American, 316 (1.0%) Asian, 30 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 2,635 (8.1%) from other races, and 1,395 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,301 persons (19.3%).
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