Mounds Oklahoma Map

About Mounds, Oklahoma

Mounds is a locality in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 932. The population density is 160.3 people per km². Mounds is located at 35.8765°N, 96.0611°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mounds is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74047.

Mounds occupies a stretch of high, scrubby prairie where the red earth seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after the light has retreated into the western horizon. It lies 6.2 miles south-southwest of Glenpool, OK (from Glenpool, OK: bearing 208°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southeast of Sapulpa. The landscape is defined by a rhythmic rise and fall of terrain, punctuated by the persistent presence of the Cross Timbers that transition into open fields. To the north, the gentle descent toward Middle Duck Creek provides a narrow artery of moisture, while the prominent silhouette of Twin Mounds rises four miles away, acting as a silent, stony sentinel over the plains. The air here carries a dry, mineral clarity, often stirred by a restless wind that sweeps across the grasses, bending them in waves that mimic the slow, tectonic patience of the soil itself.

History lingers in the quietude of Mounds, a place shaped by the convergence of indigenous heritage and the transformative reach of the oil industry that once pulsed through these subterranean strata. While the boom-time clamor of derricks has long since faded into a hum of quiet agricultural persistence, the legacy of the land remains etched in the local character, which values a deliberate, unadorned pace of existence. Travelers passing through might find a moment of stillness at Unknown Park, five miles distant, or ponder the deep, shadowed silence of Hoot Owl Hollow six miles out, where the geography creates a natural amphitheater for the evening chorus of crickets. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, honest weight of the Oklahoma plains and the enduring memory of those who first recognized the strength of this particular patch of ground.

About This Mounds Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mounds, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.876484, -96.061107. 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 Mounds includes the ZIP code (74047), telephone area code (918), county seat of Creek County (Sapulpa), and school district assignment (Mounds 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.