Freedom Oklahoma Map

About Freedom, Oklahoma

Freedom is a locality in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 178.2 people per km². Freedom is located at 36.7689°N, 99.1129°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Freedom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73842.

Freedom rises from the iron-rich soil of the high plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled wire against the weight of the sky. It lies 27.8 miles north-northeast of Woodward, OK (from Woodward, OK: bearing 34°T), and is situated 24.8 miles west of Alva. The land here holds the memory of ancient grasses, undulating in long, amber waves that catch the sharp, slant light of a dying afternoon. A mile to the west, Houston Creek traces a jagged path through the dust, its banks lined with the brittle skeletons of scrub brush and the occasional stubborn cottonwood. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the earth breaks into gypsum-heavy ridges that lead toward Alabaster Caverns State Park, where the cool, subterranean dark stands in stark contrast to the relentless, sun-baked openness of the surface.

Freedom persists as a quiet node in a country defined by the rhythmic cycle of the wheat harvest and the slow, steady hum of the pump jacks that dot the surrounding prairie. Once a staging ground for pioneers seeking a foothold on the frontier, the economy remains tethered to the pulse of the land and the extraction of energy from the deep, hidden strata beneath the red dirt. Life here follows the temperament of the wind, which carries the scent of dry earth and distant rain across the wide, exposed spaces. Eight miles away, the quiet stillness of Burnham Number 4 Reservoir provides a rare, reflective surface in a landscape otherwise dominated by the parched, singular beauty of the plains.

About This Freedom Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Freedom, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.76892, -99.112879. 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 Freedom includes the ZIP code (73842), telephone area code (580), county seat of Woods County (Alva), and school district assignment (Freedom 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.