Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Oilton, OK

Oilton is a city in northwestern Creek County, Oklahoma, that was born as an oil-boom town during the development of the Cushing-Drumright Oil Field, one of the richest oil strikes of its era.

The town's first lots were sold in January and February 1915 by Walter Eaton and Ed Dunn, and a post office was established on May 5, 1915.

In its first year Oilton gained the First State Bank, its own newspaper — the Oilton Gusher — and two rail connections, the Oil Belt Terminal Railway and the Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway, tying it to Cushing and Drumright.

Oilton's population peaked at 2,231 in the 1920 census, and it was incorporated as a city on April 18, 1921.

Unlike many Oklahoma oil-boom towns that vanished, Oilton survived the sharp decline of the Cushing-Drumright field through the 1920s and 1930s and remains an incorporated city.

The 2020 census counted 885 people in Oilton living in 370 households, with about 64% of occupied homes owner-occupied.

Oilton sits on the south side of the Cimarron River near the head of Keystone Lake, along State Highway 99 about 38 miles west of Tulsa.

With local oil production long declined, Oilton's economy is now largely agricultural, and according to the Oklahoma Historical Society about 91% of its employed residents commute to jobs in places like Bristow, Sapulpa and Sand Springs.

Oilton's median age was just 33.8 years in the 2020 census, with nearly 28% of residents under 18.