Midoil, California

Midoil
—  Unincorporated community  —
Midoil Location in California
Coordinates: 35°09′30″N 119°31′21″W / 35.15833°N 119.5225°W / 35.15833; -119.5225Coordinates: 35°09′30″N 119°31′21″W / 35.15833°N 119.5225°W / 35.15833; -119.5225
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern County
Elevation[1]	1,339 ft (408 m)

Midoil (formerly, Midland) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.^[1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Fellows,^[2] at an elevation of 1339 feet (408 m).^[1]

Midoil is no longer a permanently populated place. It is within the zone of active operations of the Midway-Sunset Oil Field, about midway between Fellows and Taft, along Midoil Road, which winds through the pumpjacks, pipelines, and tank batteries, roughly paralleling California State Route 33 about a mile to the northeast. Chevron Corporation is the primary operator in the area.

A post office operated at Midland from 1908 to 1914.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Midoil, California
2. ^ ^{a b} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1071. ISBN 9781884995149.