| Oil Springs, Kentucky | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Oil Springs |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Johnson |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 851 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 833 |
| Coordinates: | 37.81°N -82.9425°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 41238 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 499786 |
Oil Springs (also Medina) is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 40 west of the city of Paintsville, the county seat of Johnson County.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 41238.[2]
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]