Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the seat of Washington County. It is on the Caney River, 40 miles (64 km) due north of Tulsa. Oil refining and the manufacturing of oil-field equipment are the chief industries. Bartlesville was settled in 1875, and Oklahoma's first commercial oil well was drilled here in 1897. The city has the council-manager form of government.
Population: 34,748.
