Maud Oklahoma Map

About Maud, Oklahoma

Maud is a locality in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 867. The population density is 319.1 people per km². Maud is located at 35.1304°N, 96.7759°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Maud is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74854.

Maud sits upon a landscape defined by the stubborn, iron-rich earth of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide beneath a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold as the sun retreats. It lies 16.0 miles south-southeast of Shawnee, OK (from Shawnee, OK: bearing 148°T), and is situated 8.8 miles southwest of Seminole. The terrain is marked by the subtle, rhythmic rise of the Cross Timbers, where blackjack oaks and post oaks cling to the red soil, their gnarled branches reaching toward the persistent winds that sweep across the open plains. Nearby, the Little River carves a quiet, meandering path through the brush, its waters reflecting the shifting clouds in a slow, sediment-heavy flow that has shaped the drainage of these fields for generations. To the west, the distant outline of Tate Mountain occasionally catches the low light of dusk, offering a jagged, muted silhouette against the expansive, cloud-streaked canopy of central Oklahoma.

Maud retains the lingering resonance of the oil boom years, an era that transformed the local landscape when derricks began to punctuate the skyline like skeletons of industry. While the frantic pace of the early extraction days has long since ebbed, the town remains tied to the rhythms of the land, with an economy that balances the memory of mineral wealth against the quiet persistence of regional agriculture. Life here moves with the measured cadence of a place that has seen the rise and fall of fortunes, where residents find their own patterns in the stillness between the seasons. Those who seek the respite of the outdoors occasionally venture toward the quiet expanse of Lake Konawa or the shaded trails of Westwood Hills Park, finding in these spaces a necessary contrast to the sun-baked, industrious character that defines the daily life of Maud.

About This Maud Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maud, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.130355, -96.775853. 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 Maud includes the ZIP code (74854), telephone area code (918), county seat of Pottawatomie County (Shawnee), and school district assignment (Maud 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.