Oil City, Mississippi
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Oil City is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County
, Mississippi
, United States
. Oil City is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Anding
, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Tinsley
and approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Bentonia
Oil City has a zip code
of 39040.
Yazoo County, Mississippi
-National protected area:*Hillside National Wildlife Refuge *Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge-History:The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823. It was the 19th county...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
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, United States
United States
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. Oil City is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Anding
Anding, Mississippi
Anding is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Anding is approximately east of Oil City and approximately north of BentoniaAnding has a zip code of 39040....
, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Tinsley
Tinsley, Mississippi
Tinsley is an unincorporated community located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. Tinsley is approximately south of Yazoo City and south of Oil City near U.S. Highway 49W.Carter has a zip code of 39194....
and approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Bentonia
Bentonia, Mississippi
Bentonia is a town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. Some blues scholars maintain that there is a "Bentonia School" of blues singing and guitar-playing, and that "Bentonia-style" is a distinct style of Delta Blues, but Bentonia lies outside the...
Oil City has a zip code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 39040.