Mead Oklahoma Map

About Mead, Oklahoma

Mead is a locality in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 273.9 people per km². Mead is located at 33.9995°N, 96.5092°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mead is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73449.

Mead stretches across the red-tinted expanse of southern Oklahoma, where the earth holds the heat of the sun long after the light has retreated into the western horizon. It lies 7.9 miles west of Durant, OK (from Durant, OK: bearing 273°T), and is situated 6.4 miles northwest of Calera. The landscape manifests as a quiet intersection of open prairie and the dense, scrubby thickets of the Cross Timbers, a terrain that feels both ancient and enduring under the wide, unencumbered sky. Newberry Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center of the settlement, its banks shaded by oaks that lean toward the water as if listening to the seasonal pulse of the land. In the distance, the Caddo Hills rise as a soft, bruised-blue silhouette against the dusk, providing a boundary to the vastness of the plains. The air here carries a dry, metallic clarity, often stirred by a persistent wind that sweeps across the grasses, reminding any traveler that the geography of Mead is defined by this restless, shifting atmosphere.

Mead remains a place where the echoes of the Choctaw and Chickasaw history linger in the quietude of the fields and the rhythm of the seasons. Agriculture and the proximity to the expansive waters of Lake Texoma dictate the pace of life, drawing visitors toward the nearby Lake Texoma State Resort Park for a reprieve from the inland heat. While the industry of the region has shifted over the decades, the memory of oil-derrick country persists in the rust-colored dust that clings to the roadside fences and the weathered architecture of the older storefronts. The proximity to Twelvemile Prairie adds a sense of immense scale to the horizon, grounding the daily activities of the residents in a landscape that demands a certain stoic resilience. Life in Mead unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned simplicity, marked by the changing colors of the wheat and the slow, heavy crawl of summer afternoons that seem to suspend the very concept of time.

About This Mead Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mead, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 33.999542, -96.509161. 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 Mead includes the ZIP code (73449), telephone area code (405), county seat of Bryan County (Durant), and school district assignment (Silo 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.