Bartlesville
a city of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Washington co. It is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroads. It is in the Mid-Continent Oil Field, the growth of which has been the most notable phase of the petroleum industry in recent years. The town has a library, a court house, an Elks Home, city hall, and other public buildings. me , There are smelters of zinc and deposits of natural gas. Pop. (1910) 6,181; (1920) 14,417.