Nescatunga Oklahoma Map

About Nescatunga, Oklahoma

Nescatunga is a locality in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 90. The population density is 153.8 people per km². Nescatunga is located at 36.7531°N, 98.1528°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 73749.

Nescatunga endures as a quiet expanse where the red earth meets the persistent, restless wind of the plains. It lies 29.0 miles north-northwest of Enid, OK (from Enid, OK: bearing 328°T), and is situated 28.7 miles east of Alva. The landscape around Nescatunga is defined by the flat, open character of the prairie, punctuated by the expansive, shimmering presence of the Great Salt Plains Reservoir. To the west, the subtle rise of Red Hill serves as a distant anchor for the gaze, while the Salt Fork Arkansas River meanders through the landscape just a mile away, carving a slow, deliberate path through the silt. As evening approaches, the light here takes on a bruised, copper quality, reflecting off the salt-crusted ground to turn the horizon into a thin, glowing wire that separates the darkening grass from a vast and unblinking sky.

History in Nescatunga remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, echoing the legacies of the tribal nations that traversed these lands long before the fences arrived. The economy draws its strength from the deep, stubborn rhythms of agriculture and the extraction of resources from the subsurface, mirroring the broader industrial character of the state. Visitors and locals alike find a singular stillness within the Great Salt Plains State Park, where the environment demands a certain patience from those who walk its edges. It is a place where the pace of life follows the seasons of the wheat and the shifting temperament of the weather, leaving a quiet, enduring mark on anyone who stops long enough to watch the shadows stretch across the fields.

About This Nescatunga Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.753056, -98.152778. 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 Nescatunga includes the ZIP code (73749), telephone area code (405), county seat of Alfalfa County (Cherokee), and school district assignment (Timberlake 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.