Douglas Oklahoma Map

About Douglas, Oklahoma

Douglas is a locality in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 51. The population density is 77.5 people per km². Douglas is located at 36.2605°N, 97.6666°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Douglas is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 74116, 73733.

Douglas occupies a flat expanse of the Oklahoma plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole at the end of every day. It lies 14.9 miles southeast of Enid, OK (from Enid, OK: bearing 129°T), and is situated 16.5 miles northeast of Hennessey. Wolf Creek cuts a deliberate, low-slung path through the terrain, its banks lined with the brush and sediment that define this stretch of the central basin. The light here has a sharp, unfiltered quality, turning the dust kicked up by the wind into a fine, copper-colored haze that clings to the fences and the dry, sturdy grasses. It is a landscape defined by the absence of obstacles, an open theater for the weather to perform its slow, persistent work upon the earth.

Douglas retains the quiet, utilitarian character of the oil-patch and wheat-country settlements that emerged when the land was first partitioned and claimed. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the extraction of resources from beneath the red soil, a legacy that echoes the histories of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Osage, and Comanche nations who held these territories long before the grid was laid. While the Upper Black Bear Creek Site 40 Reservoir sits silently seven miles away, the daily life of the residents is tuned more to the immediate demands of the fields and the long, straight roads that lead toward South Government Springs. There is no urgency in the way the local life unfolds, only the steady, recurring motion of people who have learned to measure their time by the seasons and the shifting pressure of the wind.

About This Douglas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Douglas, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.260463, -97.6666. 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 Douglas includes the ZIP code (74116, 73733), telephone area code (918, 405), county seat of Garfield County (Enid), and school district assignment (Covington-Douglas 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.