Near Rouseville in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Oldest Producing Oil Well

Oldest Oil Producing Well Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009

1. Oldest Oil Producing Well Marker

Inscription. McClintock No. 1 Oil Well has produced continuously since August, 1861. Drilled only two years after the famous Drake Well, it is located 240 yards away, across the railroad.

Erected 1958 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 41° 27.543′ N, 79° 41.415′ W. Marker is near Rouseville, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is on William Flinn Highway (Pennsylvania Route 8) north of Waitz Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rouseville PA 16344, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: H. McClintock Farm (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); McClintock's Story (about 500 feet away); McClintock Well #1 (about 500 feet away); Henry R. Rouse (1823-1861) (approx. 0.7 miles away); Col. Francis "Gabby" Gabreski (approx. 1½ miles away); Rynd Farm (approx. 1.6 miles away); McClintock-Steele-Waitz House (approx. 1.6 miles away); Charles Lockhart (approx. 1.9 miles away).

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Oldest Oil Producing Well - Explore PA History. (Submitted on December 18, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009

2. Oldest Oil Producing Well Marker

Photo taken looking north on Route 8.

McClintock No. 1 Oil Well image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009

3. McClintock No. 1 Oil Well

Oil Well is a short distance west of the marker by traveling on Waitz Road slightly south of the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,079 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 14, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.