Ohio inventions and firsts · Achievement · 1891-1901
Woodsfield-area oil boom
After the Sistersville oil field in West Virginia was found to reach into Monroe County in 1891, about 300 wells near Woodsfield were producing 55,000 barrels of oil a month by 1901, according to Wikipedia's Monroe County article.
At a glance
- Year
- 1891-1901
- Place
- Woodsfield, Monroe County ZIP 43793 · Woodsfield · Monroe County
Why it matters
Made oil a major part of the county's economy at the turn of the 20th century.
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.