2013 Map of Derrick City

About this map

Derrick City and its surrounding hamlets occupy the narrow valleys of McKean County, defined by the winding course of Foster Brook and Kendall Cr. The settlement pattern here is deeply influenced by the industrial geography of the Pennsylvania oil fields, where small communities like Sawyer City, Dallas City, and Coleville are spaced along creek bottoms and hollows. Local transportation and logistics are centered around Pecora Field Airport and a dense network of secondary roads such as Bells Camp Rd and Kendall Rd that navigate the ridges. From Fairview Heights to Bells Camp, the landscape is a series of named hollows, including Totten Hollow, Garlock Hollow, and Pratt Hollow, which historically dictated the placement of homesteads and infrastructure in this northern Appalachian region near the New York state line.