Afton Oklahoma Map

About Afton, Oklahoma

Afton is a locality in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 734. The population density is 136.2 people per km². Afton is located at 36.6937°N, 94.9630°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Afton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74331.

Afton endures as a quiet convergence of prairie soil and the persistent, winding path of Horse Creek, which braids itself through the landscape with a deliberate and steady grace. It lies 13.4 miles south-southwest of Miami, OK (from Miami, OK: bearing 201°T), and is situated 12.8 miles west-northwest of Grove. The horizon here is vast, marked by the expansive sky that colors the tall grasses in shades of amber and slate as the light fails at the end of a long day. While the Coker Hills remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western edge of the world, the immediate terrain is defined by the soft, rhythmic rise and fall of the earth that characterizes this corner of the state. A stillness permeates the air, a weightless quality that seems to hold the memory of the land before the roads were paved, grounding the spirit in the simple, unadorned reality of the plains.

Afton emerged from the historical currents of Indian Territory, bearing the deep, resonant influence of the Cherokee and Osage peoples who shaped the character of the region long before the modern grid was imposed upon the dirt. The local economy persists through a measured pace of commerce and agriculture, drawing its vitality from the proximity of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, which offers a shimmering, expansive mirror to the sky just four miles away. Residents often look toward the nearby Bernice State Park for a respite in the wilder sections of the brush, or turn their thoughts toward the distant promise of Sweetwater Hollow. The rhythm of life in Afton is dictated not by the frantic urgency of distant centers, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons and the enduring resilience of those who have made this red-earthed landscape their permanent home.

About This Afton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Afton, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.693687, -94.963017. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Afton includes the ZIP code (74331), telephone area code (918), county seat of Ottawa County (Miami), and school district assignment (Afton Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.