Kaw City Oklahoma Map

About Kaw City, Oklahoma

Kaw City is a locality in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 325. The population density is 41.7 people per km². Kaw City is located at 36.7667°N, 96.8618°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kaw City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74641.

Kaw City occupies a quiet expanse of red earth where the prairie grasses lean low under the persistent breath of the plains. It lies 14.4 miles east-northeast of Ponca City, OK (from Ponca City, OK: bearing 75°T), and is situated 14.8 miles southeast of Newkirk. The landscape is defined by the vast, shimmering presence of Kaw Lake, a body of water that dictates the rhythm of the horizon and swallows the sunlight in long, golden strokes at dusk. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the land stretches out in a series of undulations that eventually give way to the distant, faint outlines of the Cup and Saucer Hills. Only a mile away, the Arkansas River winds through the territory, a constant, dark thread that has carved its path through this region long before the first homesteaders arrived.

Kaw City carries the weight of a complex history, marked by the displacement of indigenous peoples and the subsequent rise of an economy tethered to the land and the water. The life of the locality is deeply intertwined with the reservoir, which serves as a center for recreation and a quiet reminder of the engineering that reshaped the valley. While the oil derricks of the past have largely faded into local memory, the current character of the place remains rooted in the stillness of the plains and the seasonal shifts of the water. Residents move with the steady, measured pace of a region that has learned to endure, finding a simple beauty in the way the wind stirs the dust and the way the light catches the surface of the lake during the long, amber hours of the evening.

About This Kaw City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kaw City, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.766748, -96.861777. 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 Kaw City includes the ZIP code (74641), telephone area code (918), county seat of Kay County (Newkirk), 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.