Rocky Ford Oklahoma Map

About Rocky Ford, Oklahoma

Rocky Ford is a locality in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 283. The population density is 15.8 people per km². Rocky Ford is located at 36.1558°N, 94.9110°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 74364, 73017, 74464.

Rocky Ford marks a quiet intersection of red earth and tallgrass where the McCarty Creek cuts a steady, winding path through the plains. It lies 16.2 miles south-southwest of Chickasha, OK (from Chickasha, OK: bearing 208°T), and is situated 18.5 miles south-southeast of Anadarko. The land holds a stillness that lingers long after the sun dips below the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields. To the west, the distant South Hills rise like a jagged promise against the pale, expansive sky, grounding the otherwise limitless reach of the prairie. A mile away, the quiet surface of Little Washita Site 17 Reservoir catches the fading light, mirroring the slow migration of clouds that drift over the Cross Timbers. The air here carries the dry, metallic scent of iron-rich soil and the persistent, restless movement of wind that never quite settles.

Rocky Ford exists in the quiet wake of the great land rushes, a place where the memory of Indian Territory still informs the slow, deliberate pace of the day. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of the oil fields, where rusted derricks stand as silent sentinels over grazing cattle and patches of winter wheat. Life here is measured in the seasonal turn of the crops and the rare, sharp clarity of a winter morning. For those seeking the solitude of the water, the Lake Louis Burtschi Public Fishing Area remains a primary destination, offering a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the wider world. It is a landscape defined by endurance, where the weight of history is carried in the calloused hands of its people and the stubborn, deep-rooted grasses of the plains.

About This Rocky Ford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rocky Ford, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.155773, -94.911016. 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 Rocky Ford includes the ZIP code (74364, 73017, 74464), telephone area code (405, 572, 918), county seat of Grady County (Chickasha), and school district assignment (Oaks-Mission 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.