Emet Oklahoma Map

About Emet, Oklahoma

Emet is a locality in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 61.2 people per km². Emet is located at 34.2026°N, 96.5422°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 73450.

Emet occupies a quiet expanse of southern Oklahoma where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the persistent, dry breath of the plains. It lies 17.4 miles northwest of Durant, OK (from Durant, OK: bearing 326°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-southeast of Tishomingo. Red earth anchors the landscape, turning a deep, bruised copper under the late afternoon sun, while the vegetation consists of hardy grasses and the stubborn, twisted scrub of the Cross Timbers. Butcher Pen Creek carves a shallow, meandering path just a mile from the center, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer the only reprieve from the relentless clarity of the sky. To the northwest, the distant silhouette of Teller Mountain interrupts the skyline, a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient, uneven crust, while the vast, open relief of Twelvemile Prairie spreads out nearby to catch the shifting shadows of passing clouds.

Emet holds the echoes of a frontier once defined by the movement of people across Indian Territory, a legacy that remains etched in the stoic independence of the few who remain. The local economy persists through a slow, deliberate engagement with the soil and the grazing of livestock, a rhythm dictated less by the clock and more by the seasonal variations of the grass and the heat. Residents often look toward the Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area for a connection to the wilder reaches of the region, or perhaps seek the stillness of Lost Lake when the summer wind grows too sharp. Life in Emet moves with a gravity of its own, indifferent to the frenetic pace of urban centers, finding its purpose in the maintenance of fences, the quiet observation of the weather, and the subtle, enduring endurance of a life lived close to the ground.

About This Emet Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Emet, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.202594, -96.54222. 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 Emet includes the ZIP code (73450), telephone area code (405), county seat of Johnston County (Tishomingo), and school district assignment (Milburn 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.