Hickory Oklahoma Map

About Hickory, Oklahoma

Hickory is a locality in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 86. The population density is 63.0 people per km². Hickory is located at 34.5568°N, 96.8603°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hickory is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74865.

Hickory occupies a quiet intersection of open prairie and the dense, scrubby thickets of the Cross Timbers, where the soil possesses a distinct, iron-rich crimson hue. It lies 18.3 miles southwest of Ada, OK (from Ada, OK: bearing 215°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-northeast of Sulphur. The terrain stretches out in long, flattened reaches, broken occasionally by the low, insistent presence of Mill Creek, which carves a narrow, verdant vein through the earth just a mile from the center of Hickory. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Arbuckle Mountains serve as a permanent, immovable backdrop to the vast Oklahoma sky. The air here carries a dry, parched weight, particularly when the afternoon sun bleaches the grass to a pale, brittle gold, turning the landscape into a study of light and heat that seems to suspend time itself.

History in Hickory remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of the regional economy, shaped by the legacy of the land and the endurance of those who first settled these plains. The influence of early territorial life lingers in the rhythm of the days, where the labor of agriculture and the extraction of mineral resources have long defined the daily toil. Nearby, the water of Little Niagara Falls offers a cooling refuge, while the expanse of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area provides a space of preserved natural quiet just a short journey away. Those who seek to traverse the rugged terrain often look toward the Cliffside Trail, or spend their hours watching the clouds gather above the surface of Tull Crest Lake, observing how the water mirrors the shifting, immense geometry of the clouds.

About This Hickory Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hickory, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.556756, -96.860291. 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 Hickory includes the ZIP code (74865), telephone area code (918), county seat of Murray County (Sulphur), and school district assignment (Roff 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.