Panola Oklahoma Map

About Panola, Oklahoma

Panola is a locality in Latimer County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 101. The population density is 40.6 people per km². Panola is located at 34.9287°N, 95.2133°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74563.

Panola lies in a landscape that remembers the slow churn of ancient waters and the patient work of wind. It lies 55.8 miles south-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 236°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of Wilburton. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of grass and scattered oaks, give way to the more insistent contours of creek beds, their banks a tangle of blackberry and dewberry vines. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a humid sweetness, a scent of sun-baked earth and blooming wildflowers that clings to everything, from the weathered clapboard of houses to the broad, flat leaves of the cottonwood trees lining the low-lying areas. The sky overhead is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, prone to dramatic cloud formations that can cast fleeting shadows over the gentle slopes, giving the land a sense of deep, quiet breathing. The history of Panola is bound to the land’s fertility and the promise of a livelihood wrested from it. Once, the primary hum of activity here was the cultivation of cotton, a crop that shaped the fortunes and the very character of the settlement, its rhythms dictating the pace of life through generations. Though the agricultural landscape has changed, with cattle grazing now a more common sight on the pastures, the legacy of that earlier era lingers in the stoic endurance of the people and the enduring sense of place. The narrow, winding roads that connect Panola to its neighbors still feel like arteries carrying the lifeblood of a community that has always understood the profound connection between hard work, the land, and the quiet satisfaction of a life lived close to the earth.

About This Panola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Panola, Oklahoma — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 34.92871, -95.213301. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Panola and Latimer County.

Detailed location data for Panola includes the ZIP code (74578), telephone area code (918), county seat of Latimer County (Wilburton), and school district assignment (Panola Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Panola is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.