Abandoned Record
About Oil Hill
Oil Hill, Kansas is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Oil Hill, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Oil Hill is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Oil Hill
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1888 Eldorado sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 El Dorado SW sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 El Dorado sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1990 El Dorado sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Oil Hill
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
- Plum Grove13.4 mi NW · Butler
- Keighley17.4 mi SE · Butler
- Annelly19.6 mi NW · Harvey
- Ivanpah22.4 mi E · Greenwood
- Matfield Green28.5 mi NE · Chase
- Lapland28.7 mi E · Greenwood
- Oursler31.8 mi N · Marion
- Wilmot31.8 mi S · Cowley
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Oil Hill": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Oil Hill, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7081334.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).