Bushyhead Oklahoma Map

About Bushyhead, Oklahoma

Bushyhead is a locality in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,292. The population density is 33.5 people per km². Bushyhead is located at 36.4617°N, 95.5053°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 74016, 74017.

Bushyhead persists as a quiet stretch of land where the prairie grass leans perpetually toward the horizon, bowing to the persistent winds that carry the scent of dry earth and coming rain. It lies 12.3 miles north-northeast of Claremore, OK (from Claremore, OK: bearing 33°T), and is situated 14.5 miles northwest of Pryor Creek. The landscape is defined by a rhythmic rise and fall of terrain, where the low-slung, sun-bleached grasses meet the distant, hazy silhouette of the Osage Hills marking the western sky. Only a mile away, Dog Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the silt, its waters reflecting the pale gold of late afternoon light, while the surface of Oknoname 131010 Reservoir remains as still as a sheet of hammered pewter under the vast, cloud-swept expanse of the Oklahoma sky.

Bushyhead carries the weight of a long history, rooted in the legacy of the Cherokee people and the enduring character of a region once defined by the reach of the Indian Territory. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the land, where the local economy shifts with the seasons of agriculture and the sporadic, rhythmic nodding of oil pumps dotting the fields like silent sentinels. A few miles to the north, the Oologah Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the native fauna, preserving the wilder character of the plains that have remained largely unchanged for generations. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, deliberate transition of shadows across the fields and the way the air cools the moment the sun dips below the edge of the world.

About This Bushyhead Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bushyhead, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.461678, -95.505343. 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 Bushyhead includes the ZIP code (74016, 74017), telephone area code (918), county seat of Rogers County (Claremore), and school district assignment (Chelsea 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.