Belfonte Oklahoma Map

About Belfonte, Oklahoma

Belfonte is a locality in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 298. The population density is 14.6 people per km². Belfonte is located at 35.5443°N, 94.5549°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74948.

Belfonte emerges from the red earth of eastern Oklahoma as a quiet collection of dwellings shadowed by the persistent, shifting silhouettes of Hay Ridge in the distance. It lies 34.6 miles southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 138°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northwest of Roland. The landscape is defined by the intimate, low-slung geography of Procter Hollow, where the air holds a heavy, damp stillness that seems to capture the light of late afternoon in shades of bruised copper. Polecat Creek meanders nearby, its path traced by the dense, tangled undergrowth that thrives in the humid silence of the woods. Further afield, the expansive, verdant reach of the Ozark National Forest provides a dark, textured backdrop to the horizon, while the waters of Lee Creek Reservoir offer a muted, glass-like reflection of the clouds drifting over the plains.

Belfonte serves as a living memory of the intricate heritage belonging to the Cherokee and Choctaw nations, carrying a legacy that remains etched into the rhythm of the local soil. The economy here moves at the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and small-scale land management, far removed from the frantic pulse of the industrial centers. Life in Belfonte is marked by the distinct scent of ozone before a summer storm and the way the wind carries the dry, rasping song of insects through the tall grasses. Generations have maintained a stubborn, quiet devotion to this specific patch of territory, finding a sense of continuity in the seasonal transformation of the timber and the slow, inevitable reclamation of the landscape by the surrounding wild.

About This Belfonte Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belfonte, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.544255, -94.55494. 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 Belfonte includes the ZIP code (74948), telephone area code (918), county seat of Sequoyah County (Sallisaw), and school district assignment (Belfonte Public School).

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.