Fairfax Oklahoma Map

About Fairfax, Oklahoma

Fairfax is a locality in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,136. The population density is 572.6 people per km². Fairfax is located at 36.5737°N, 96.7042°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairfax is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74637.

Fairfax anchors itself upon the rugged, red-earth expanse of the Osage Nation, where the land rises and falls in long, sun-bleached waves of prairie grass. It lies 23.1 miles east-southeast of Ponca City, OK (from Ponca City, OK: bearing 113°T), and is situated 20.4 miles west-northwest of Hominy. Salt Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its banks marking the low-slung boundaries of a landscape defined by the nearby rise of Round Mound and the deepening shadows of Threemile Canyon. When the light leans low in the evening, the horizon glows with a bruised, copper intensity, casting the sparse woodland and wide, open plains into sharp relief. Beyond the immediate terrain, the expansive water of Kaw Lake remains a distant presence, a twelve-mile reach that gathers the sky into its stillness, providing a quiet, cooling counterpoint to the heat that radiates from the soil during the long summer months.

Fairfax carries the weight of a history rooted in the discovery of deep-seated mineral wealth, a legacy that transformed the economy and shaped the architectural bones of the main thoroughfares. Once a hub of oil-drenched prosperity, the local character remains defined by the endurance of those who weathered the booms and the inevitable quiet that followed. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a heritage where the influence of the Osage people remains inextricably linked to the identity of the land. Today, the economy leans into the persistence of agriculture and the maintenance of a community that remembers its past as clearly as the wind carries the scent of dry earth. Visitors seeking the stillness of the region often find their way toward the recreational expanses of Kaw Lake, yet the core of the area stays anchored to the modest, resilient spirit of a place that has seen the rise and fall of industrial fortune.

About This Fairfax Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairfax, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.573659, -96.704199. 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 Fairfax includes the ZIP code (74637), telephone area code (918), county seat of Osage County (Pawhuska), and school district assignment (Woodland 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.