Ken, I checked with the Oklahoma History Center in OKC, two different departments checked their resources, they didn't find a town named Oiltown except, of course, the Oilton in Creek Cty. (pronounced oil ton) In one of the departments a lady said even if a boom town or oil town received mail for a month, it had a name. I don't know how, back then, anyone would know to send mail someplace in just a month's time? After the oil towns or boom towns got the oil wells up and running, the towns either disappeared or the single workers moved on and the married people with children sometimes stayed, starting permanent schools, stores etc. Those are the towns we still have. I was wondering if Oiltown was on an official document where info was not provided by the family, or was family lore? That's it for now. Wish I could have helped more. Nova In a message dated 3/11/2009 11:50:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, kjchowboy@bellsouth.net writes: Nova, In the Maxine Dees Parks obituary I recently posted, it states that she was born in Oiltown, Oklahoma. I have searched everywhere but cannot seem to find any indication of what county this town is or was located in. I have found a half dozen - dozen references to this town in some family history data and snippits like "died in Oiltown, Oklahoma" or "born in Oiltown, Oklahoma", so I know this place has to have existed. The closest thing I can come up with is Oilton, Oklahoma, which is in Creek County, OK, but I don't think this is the same town. Could you do me a favor and see if you can find out anything about this town? Thanks a lot. . **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)

Nova, Thanks for researching this for me. I knew you had connections from your past projects with the local library, and couldn't think of anyone better to find the answer to my question. I just hate to have a location in my genealogy database that doesn't have a complete city/county/state reference. I have thought that the Oiltown name was somehow shortened to "Oilton" through the years, even though there are references galore referencing "Oiltown, Ok". I have found references to Oiltown as late as the 1960s - 1970s, so it is sure curious to me. I know it existed as early as 1910 - 1930. I have tried to track down the people in the obits I have found that indicate they were born in Oiltown, Ok from the mid-1910s - 1930s. If I could find an OK census index with the parents of these people in it, then I could narrow it down to about what county it was in. Thank you again for all your help. Hope you are having nice weather out there. We've had some cold again, but looks like Spring is trying to bust through again!! Ken -----Original Message----- Ken, I checked with the Oklahoma History Center in OKC, two different departments checked their resources, they didn't find a town named Oiltown except, of course, the Oilton in Creek Cty. (pronounced oil ton) In one of the departments a lady said even if a boom town or oil town received mail for a month, it had a name. I don't know how, back then, anyone would know to send mail someplace in just a month's time? After the oil towns or boom towns got the oil wells up and running, the towns either disappeared or the single workers moved on and the married people with children sometimes stayed, starting permanent schools, stores etc. Those are the towns we still have. I was wondering if Oiltown was on an official document where info was not provided by the family, or was family lore? That's it for now. Wish I could have helped more. Nova