Oil Springs, Kentucky

Oil Springs takes its name from the natural oil springs discovered in Johnson County. The springs once fed a popular health resort.[3]

The first post office was established on January 29, 1868, with Hamilton Litteral as postmaster. It was also known as Medina for a short time after the Medina Seminary, which was a boarding school that was established there in the 1870s by John Riggs Long.[4]

Its elevation is 833 feet (254 m).[5]

As of the 2000 census,[6] there were 851 people, 340 households, and 267 families residing in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for Oil Spring's ZIP code.

The racial makeup of the community is 99.9% White and 0.1% African American.

There were 340 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18, 67.6% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.5% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.87.

The median income for a household in the ZCTA was $30,750, and the median income for a family was $33,250. Males had a median income of $44,875 and $30,781 for females. The per capita income was $15,066. 22.9% of the families in the community were below the poverty line.

Most students residing in Oil Springs attend:[7]

• Highland Elementary School in Staffordsville (kindergarten-sixth grade)
• Johnson County Middle School in Paintsville (seventh-eighth grade)
• Johnson Central High School in Paintsville (ninth-twelfth grade)

• Oil Springs Methodist Church