Roland Oklahoma Map

About Roland, Oklahoma

Roland is a locality in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,687. The population density is 388.3 people per km². Roland is located at 35.4212°N, 94.5147°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74954.

Roland, Oklahoma, breathes with the deep, verdant exhalations of the Ouachita Mountains' foothills, a landscape where piney ridges soften into rolling terrain. It lies 7.0 miles west-north-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 290°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Van Buren. The air here, especially in the morning, carries the damp scent of rich earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle clinging to weathered fence posts. Sunlight, when it breaks through the scattered clouds that often drift in from the west, paints the cedar and oak trees in shifting, golden hues, illuminating the occasional rusted tractor parked sentinel-like in a field of dormant Bermuda grass. The very soil seems to hum with a quiet, persistent life, a feeling amplified by the distant, lowing calls of cattle that punctuate the otherwise serene quiet. Roland's character is a subtle blend of its agricultural roots and its proximity to the larger economic currents of eastern Oklahoma. For generations, the land has yielded cotton and cattle, and while those industries still hold sway, the spirit of hard work and self-reliance, forged in earlier days, persists. The town itself is a collection of modest homes and businesses, a place where familiar faces greet you at the corner store and the pace of life allows for easy conversation. There's a palpable sense of history woven into the quiet streets, a story of resilience and adaptation that echoes in the weathered clapboard of older buildings and the sturdy frame of the local Pentecostal church, a landmark that has witnessed the ebb and flow of Roland's life for decades.

About This Roland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roland, Oklahoma — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 35.421202, -94.514662. 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 Roland and Sequoyah County.

Detailed location data for Roland includes the ZIP code (74954), telephone area code (918), county seat of Sequoyah County (Sallisaw), and school district assignment (Roland 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 Roland is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.