Short Oklahoma Map

About Short, Oklahoma

Short is a locality in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 290. The population density is 10.4 people per km². Short is located at 35.5715°N, 94.4913°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74948.

Short claims a quiet corner of the landscape where the Short Branch carves a persistent, silver thread through the red-tinted earth. It lies 35.8 miles southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 131°T), and is situated 13.8 miles north-northwest of Fort Smith. The horizon here is defined by the heavy, wooded presence of the Ozark National Forest, which looms only three miles away, casting long, cooling shadows over the low-lying fields. To the west, the land dips into the shadowed basin of Dead Man Hollow, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves. Beyond the immediate thickets, the silhouette of Hay Ridge rises against the bruised purple of the evening sky, a silent, stony sentinel that anchors the view for miles. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, honeyed thickness, catching the dust motes stirred up by the wind and turning the entire valley into a brief, shimmering study of copper and gold.

Short retains the echo of a frontier legacy, shaped by the confluence of cultures that defined these plains long before the first fence lines were drawn. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil, with a resilience born from generations who learned to work the stubborn, iron-rich ground. While the daily pace is dictated by the slow turning of the seasons and the demands of nearby agricultural plots, the proximity of Webber Creek Reservoir offers a rare stillness, a place where the water mirrors the clouds in perfect, glassy silence. Life in Short moves with the unforced cadence of a place that has seen the rise and fall of industry but chooses to measure its success in the steady growth of timber and the endurance of its people. It is a quiet pocket of the world, where the history of Indian Territory is not a textbook abstraction, but something felt in the cool, deep shade of the trees and the vast, unhurried expanse of the Oklahoma sky.

About This Short Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Short, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.571476, -94.491327. 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 Short includes the ZIP code (74948), telephone area code (918), county seat of Sequoyah County (Sallisaw), and school district assignment (Muldrow 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.