Foraker Oklahoma Map

About Foraker, Oklahoma

Foraker is a locality in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 18. The population density is 26.7 people per km². Foraker is located at 36.8723°N, 96.5656°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Foraker is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74652.

Foraker emerges from the high, sun-bleached plains of Osage County, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising until it dissolves into the hazy blue suggestion of the Chautauqua Hills far to the east. It lies 31.0 miles east-northeast of Ponca City, OK (from Ponca City, OK: bearing 68°T), and is situated 19.0 miles northwest of Pawhuska. The terrain here is defined by the steady, unyielding pressure of the wind, which strips the red clay of its moisture and leaves the earth looking like a rusted, ancient map. Just two miles away, the narrow, winding ribbon of Elm Creek cuts through the scrub brush, providing a meager sanctuary for cottonwoods that manage to hold their ground against the constant gales. Only a mile from the center of Foraker, the John Dahl Wildlife Management Area offers a sprawl of tallgrass prairie and tangled thicket, a quiet expanse where the sky seems to press down with a weight that makes every individual blade of grass stand in sharp, solitary relief.

Foraker bears the quiet, weathered imprint of a region forged by the early oil booms and the long memories of the Osage Nation, whose influence remains etched into the very character of the landscape. Life here moved away from the frantic pace of the derricks decades ago, shifting into a slow, deliberate rhythm centered on the seasonal turning of the prairie and the maintenance of the surrounding cattle land. Three miles away, the waters of Oknoname 113131 Reservoir catch the late afternoon light, turning a deep, metallic bronze that mirrors the dust-heavy air of the plains. Residents of Foraker carry on with a stoic pragmatism, acknowledging the history of the land not as a museum piece, but as a living neighbor that demands constant labor and respect in exchange for the thin, hard-won prosperity of the harvest and the herd.

About This Foraker Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Foraker, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.872265, -96.565574. 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 Foraker includes the ZIP code (74652), telephone area code (918), county seat of Osage County (Pawhuska), and school district assignment (Shidler 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.