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Francis Oklahoma Map

Explore Francis, Oklahoma, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Francis, Oklahoma

How to Use This Francis, Oklahoma Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Francis, Oklahoma. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Oklahoma or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Francis.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Francis
State	Oklahoma (OK)
County	Pontotoc County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.873696
Longitude	-96.595567
Population	244
Density	168.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	74844
Area Code	918
County Seat	Ada
School District	Byng Public Schools

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About Francis, Oklahoma

Francis is a locality in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 168.5 people per km². Francis is located at 34.8737°N, 96.5956°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Francis is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74844.

Francis anchors itself firmly within a landscape defined by the expansive, iron-rich earth and the persistent winds that scour the plains of Oklahoma. It lies 8.3 miles northeast of Ada, OK (from Ada, OK: bearing 34°T), and is situated 18.1 miles southwest of Holdenville. The terrain surrounding Francis is characterized by a subtle, tectonic patience, where the land rises into gentle swells before receding toward the quiet banks of Cotton Creek. To the north, the distant silhouette of Osage Hill breaks the horizon, providing a solitary verticality to a skyline otherwise dominated by the vast, open canopy of the sky. The quality of light here is particularly heavy during the late afternoon, casting a bruised, copper glow across the fields that makes the proximity of Oknoname 123008 Reservoir feel like a singular, reflective eye staring upward from the scrubland.

History in Francis remains tied to the cycles of extraction and the slow, agrarian persistence of the region, where the remnants of oil-derrick culture still lean against the encroaching Cross Timbers. The local economy continues to draw its rhythm from the soil and the legacy of the Indian Territory, where the heritage of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations informs the quiet endurance of the people. Residents often look toward the protected expanse of Pontotoc Ridge Fee for a sense of the landscape as it existed before the plow and the pump, finding a stark, unadorned beauty in the native grasses that thrive there. Life in Francis moves with a deliberate cadence, dictated more by the turning of the seasons and the shifting pressure of the air than by the frantic pace of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pontotoc Ridge Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 291° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 222° SW
Wintersmith Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 204° SW
The Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts & Humanities (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 215° SW
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 201° S
Jasmine Moran Childrens' Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 348° N
Blue River Fee (Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 187° S
Washita Valley Winery & Vineyard (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 232° SW
Chickasaw National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 32.0 mi, 217° SW · 15k acres
Lexington Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.3 mi, 292° W
Bison Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 33.6 mi, 220° SW
Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.9 mi, 181° S
Pottawatomie County Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 330° NW
Woody Guthrie Home (Attraction) — 41.8 mi, 023° NE
Lake Thunderbird State Park (State Park) — 42.5 mi, 306° NW
Tishomingo Those Who Served Memorial (Monument) — 44.4 mi, 186° S
US Navy Blue Angel Memorial (Monument) — 44.4 mi, 186° S
Johnston County Howitzer Memorial (Monument) — 44.4 mi, 186° S
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 47.8 mi, 184° S
Bear Stadium (Stadium) — 47.8 mi, 293° NW
Noble Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.9 mi, 293° NW
Mcgee Creek State Park (State Park) — 51.3 mi, 132° SE
Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 53.1 mi, 296° NW
The Depot (Arts Centre) — 53.6 mi, 297° NW
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.1 mi, 033° NE · 21k acres
Murals (Attraction) — 58.6 mi, 351° N
Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History (Museum) — 59.5 mi, 344° N
Kingston Auditorium (Theatre) — 60.7 mi, 186° S
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 78.2 mi, 161° S · 18k acres

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