Commerce Oklahoma Map

About Commerce, Oklahoma

Commerce is a locality in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,271. The population density is 378.3 people per km². Commerce is located at 36.9349°N, 94.8615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Commerce is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74339.

Commerce rests upon the bruised, red-clay expanse of the northeastern plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that often feels heavy with the weight of its own vastness. It lies 4.1 miles north of Miami, OK (from Miami, OK: bearing 3°T), and is situated 9.8 miles southwest of Baxter Springs. Dry grasses lean into the persistent, scouring wind, and the earth here carries the faint, metallic scent of an industrial ghost, a lingering memory of the deep, subterranean excavations that once defined the ground beneath the streets. Tar Creek carves a somber, narrow path nearby, its banks telling a story of environmental transformation that echoes the persistent grit of the landscape. Within the town limits, the Unknown Ball Park serves as a quiet center for local gatherings, a patch of green that defies the stark, oxidized palette of the surrounding fields.

Commerce bears the indelible stamp of a mining past, an era when the extraction of lead and zinc turned the soil inside out and drew thousands to pursue the promise of subterranean wealth. Today, the economy has shifted away from the frantic pace of the derricks and mines, leaving behind a stillness that settles over the weathered storefronts and residential streets like dust after a storm. The legacy of the Tri-State mining district remains a quiet, pervasive presence, shaping the physical character of the land as much as it forged the resilience of those who stayed. While the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge marks the outer edge of the view, the immediate life of Commerce remains tied to the slow, steady rhythm of the plains and the enduring memory of the earth’s former bounty.

About This Commerce Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Commerce, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.934904, -94.861474. 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 Commerce includes the ZIP code (74339), telephone area code (918), county seat of Ottawa County (Miami), and school district assignment (Commerce 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.