Caney Ridge Oklahoma Map

About Caney Ridge, Oklahoma

Caney Ridge is a locality in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 164.3 people per km². Caney Ridge is located at 35.7643°N, 94.8808°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74471.

Caney Ridge occupies a high, sun-bleached expanse where the red dirt of Oklahoma meets the encroaching shadows of the Cross Timbers. It lies 11.6 miles south-southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 154°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-southeast of Park Hill. Dry Creek slices through the local topography, its seasonal bed carving a thin, serpentine scar into the earth that draws the eye toward the horizon. To the east, the silhouette of Ballew Ridge rises as a blunt, blue-gray reminder of the tectonic patience required to shape this landscape, while the low, sprawling expanse of Hopper Flat provides a stark, open contrast to the tangled thickets of blackjack oak. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, electric violet, casting long, lean shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant water of Tenkiller Ferry Lake, where the air grows heavy and still with the cooling of the day.

Caney Ridge carries the weight of a frontier history that lingers in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, many of whom trace their lineage through the intricate, layered legacies of the region’s original tribal nations. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythm of the land and the sporadic pulse of the oil fields, with the industry’s skeletal derricks occasionally punctuating the otherwise unbroken skyline. Visitors often gravitate toward the recreational expanse of Tenkiller Ferry Lake, a vital anchor for the local economy that dictates the pace of summer months when the heat settles thick and glassy over the plains. There is a particular, unforced dignity in the way daily life unfolds here, marked by the steady hum of machinery and the slow, deliberate work of those who labor in the fields, indifferent to the hurried world beyond the ridge.

About This Caney Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Caney Ridge, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.764258, -94.880785. 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 Caney Ridge includes the ZIP code (74471), telephone area code (918), county seat of Cherokee County (Tahlequah), and school district assignment (Tenkiller 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.