Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Downtown Bartlesville viewed from the Price Tower (2008)
Downtown Bartlesville viewed from the Price Tower (2008)
Nickname: 
B-ville
Location of Bartlesville within Oklahoma
Location of Bartlesville within Oklahoma
Coordinates: 36°44′50″N 95°57′34″W / 36.74722°N 95.95944°W / 36.74722; -95.95944
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountiesWashington, Osage
Bartlesville, Indian TerritoryJanuary 15, 1897
Area
 • Total22.58 sq mi (58.47 km2)
 • Land22.55 sq mi (58.41 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total37,290
 • Density1,653.59/sq mi (638.45/km2)
 • μSA
52,455 (US: 198th)
 • CSA
1,153,719 (US: 53rd)
DemonymBartian
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
74003-74006
Area codes539/918
FIPS code40-04450[3]
GNIS feature ID2409792[2]
Websitecityofbartlesville.org

Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County and Osage County, Oklahoma. The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census.[4] Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County.[5] The Caney River runs through Bartlesville.

Bartlesville is the primary city of the Bartlesville Micropolitan area, which consists of Washington County and had a population of 51,843 in 2018. A small portion of the city is in Osage County. The city is also part of the Tulsa Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 1,151,172 in 2015.

Bartlesville is notable as the longtime home of Phillips Petroleum Company. Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 when the area was still an Indian Territory. The company merged with Conoco as ConocoPhillips and later split into the two independent companies, Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips. Both companies have retained some operations in Bartlesville, but they have moved their corporate headquarters to Houston.

It is one of two places in Oklahoma where a Lenape Native American tribe lives, the other being Anadarko.[6]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Bartlesville city, Oklahoma". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Delaware (Lenape)." Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine USGenWeb. January 2, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.