Country United States County Contra Costa County FIPS code 06-53658 Local time Thursday 6:32 PM | State California GNIS ID 1659298 Elevation 62 m | |
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Oleum was an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located between the City of Hercules and the unincorporated town of Rodeo. It was a small company town, with housing for Union Oil company workers, hence the name, derived from "petroleum". The refinery still exists.
The site is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole made to Ygnacio Martinez. A post office operated at Oleum from 1910 to 1951.
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Oleum, California Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA