THE OIL CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Oil Creek township has 23 square miles of land in Venango County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Oil Creek and Venango County
Oil Creek is associated with Venango County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Oil Creek by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Oil Creek, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Venango County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oil Creek township has 24.2 times the land area of nearby Pleasantville borough (0.95 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

