Putnam Oklahoma Map

About Putnam, Oklahoma

Putnam is a locality in Dewey County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 30. The population density is 136.3 people per km². Putnam is located at 35.8556°N, 98.9684°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Putnam is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73659.

Putnam emerges from the expansive, red-earthed plains of Oklahoma as a quiet sentinel of the high prairie. It lies 27.1 miles north-northwest of Weatherford, OK (from Weatherford, OK: bearing 327°T), and is situated 23.5 miles north of Clinton. Deer Creek winds its way through the immediate landscape, carving a subtle path through the tall grasses and providing a slow, rhythmic pulse to the terrain. The horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, where the light at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the sky, turning the dry soil into a vast, glowing expanse. To the west, the distant profile of Sugar Loaf Mound anchors the horizon, a solitary form that punctuates the otherwise level sweep of the earth. The air here carries a persistent, dry clarity, often stirred by a wind that seems to possess a memory of the vast, open spaces it has crossed to arrive here.

Putnam functions as a modest waypoint in a region defined by the endurance of agriculture and the legacy of the oil industry. The rhythms of life are dictated by the seasonal cycle of the fields and the distant, mechanical nodding of pump jacks that mark the extraction of the earth’s deep resources. Residents look toward the Dewey County Wildlife Management Area for a sense of untamed space, while the nearby Barnitz Creek Site 15a Reservoir offers a still, reflective surface amidst the persistent heat of the summer months. History here is felt in the steady persistence of the people, who maintain a quiet connection to the land that has supported generations. In Putnam, the passing of days is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle shifts in the wheat horizons and the enduring strength of a life lived close to the soil.

About This Putnam Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Putnam, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.855601, -98.968427. 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 Putnam includes the ZIP code (73659), telephone area code (405), county seat of Dewey County (Taloga), and school district assignment (Taloga 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.