Burlington Oklahoma Map

About Burlington, Oklahoma

Burlington is a locality in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 175.4 people per km². Burlington is located at 36.9000°N, 98.4229°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burlington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73722.

Burlington emerges from the vast, red-earthed plains as a quiet sentinel of the Oklahoma horizon, where the sky claims more space than the land itself. It lies 46.1 miles northwest of Enid, OK (from Enid, OK: bearing 319°T), and is situated 15.0 miles east-northeast of Alva. The terrain remains defined by the persistent, dry breath of the wind that sweeps across the flat expanses, carrying the faint, metallic scent of iron-rich soil. Only a mile away, the thin, winding ribbon of Driftwood Creek carves a shallow path through the brush, its banks providing a rare, shaded refuge from the relentless afternoon glare. To the northwest, the shadowed geometry of Lone Tree Canyon cuts into the earth, a rugged reminder of the slow, patient work of erosion that has shaped this regional topography over deep time.

Burlington functions as a steady anchor for the surrounding wheat fields, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal rhythm of the grain elevator. The legacy of the land persists in the memory of the plains, where the influence of the Osage and other indigenous nations lingers in the quietude of the open range. Residents often look toward the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, just eleven miles distant, to witness the migratory spectacles that define the local wild, or they turn their gaze toward the distant, shimmering surface of Harqis Lake when the heat of midsummer demands a reprieve. Life in Burlington moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own scale, grounded in the resilience of those who cultivate the heavy, productive soil under a wide and often unforgiving sun.

About This Burlington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burlington, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.900028, -98.422853. 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 Burlington includes the ZIP code (73722), telephone area code (405), county seat of Alfalfa County (Cherokee), and school district assignment (Burlington 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.