Lenapah Oklahoma Map

About Lenapah, Oklahoma

Lenapah is a locality in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 254.9 people per km². Lenapah is located at 36.8506°N, 95.6361°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lenapah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74042.

Lenapah claims a quiet expanse of the Oklahoma plains, where the horizon stretches thin against a sky that often turns the color of bruised plums at dusk. It lies 20.4 miles east-northeast of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 69°T), and is situated 12.9 miles south of Coffeyville. The earth here is a deep, iron-rich red, holding the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has slipped behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coker Hills. Two miles to the east, the Verdigris River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with timber that breaks the monotony of the open prairie. Only three miles away, the surface of Taylor Lake catches the light, a still and silvered mirror that anchors the surrounding farmland. To the south, the expansive acreage of the Oologah Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for wild things, while the low-lying terrain of the Overcup Bottoms ten miles out collects the shadows as the day wanes.

Lenapah carries the weight of a frontier history, emerging from the convergence of paths that once defined the Indian Territory. The rhythm of life here remains tied to the soil and the slow, mechanical pulse of oil-draulic pumps that occasionally break the silence of the fields. Economic vitality in Lenapah has long been tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the calendar. Men and women navigate the seasons with a practicality born of long endurance, recognizing that the land demands much in exchange for its yield. There is a singular, persistent stillness in the air, a sense that the ghosts of an earlier era are never truly absent but simply waiting in the tall grass for the wind to shift.

About This Lenapah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lenapah, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.850641, -95.636089. 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 Lenapah includes the ZIP code (74042), telephone area code (918), county seat of Nowata County (Nowata), and school district assignment (Oklahoma Union 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.