Map of Oildale CDP

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.

Oildale CDP overview:
Name:	Oildale CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Kern County
Elevation:	469 ft (143 m)
Total Area:	6.533 sq mi (16.920 km²)
Land Area:	6.533 sq mi (16.920 km²)
Water Area:	0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%
Total Population:	32,684
Population Density:	5,000/sq mi (1,900/km²)
ZIP code:	93308
Area code:	661
FIPS code:	0653448
GNISfeature ID:	1652762

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History

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.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.533 square miles (16.920 km), 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.