Sunray Oklahoma Map

About Sunray, Oklahoma

Sunray is a locality in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 853. The population density is 188.4 people per km². Sunray is located at 34.4093°N, 97.9542°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 73529.

Sunray sits amidst the vast, iron-red plains where the wind carries the dry, persistent scent of turned earth and wild grass. It lies 6.2 miles south of Duncan, OK (from Duncan, OK: bearing 184°T), and is situated 16.3 miles south of Marlow. Claridy Creek traces a sluggish, mud-thick path just a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled, stubborn oaks of the Cross Timbers that hold the soil against the shifting gusts. Beyond the immediate horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Austin Ridge can be discerned when the atmospheric haze thins under a high, relentless sun. The landscape here is defined by an expansive, open sky that bleeds into deep indigo at dusk, casting a long, bruising light across the fields that makes every fence post stand out with startling, lonely clarity.

Sunray exists as a quiet testament to the generations who carved a living from the stubborn, mineral-rich dirt, their history rooted deep in the complex legacies of the Comanche and the settlers who followed. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the oil fields and the seasonal cycle of the wheat harvest, a labor that keeps the town attuned to the fluctuations of the global market. Residents often seek the cooling shade of Fuqua Park when the summer heat settles heavy over the plains, or look toward the quiet expanse of Oknoname 137071 Reservoir for a brief respite from the dust. Life in Sunray moves with the measured, deliberate pace of those who understand that the land dictates the terms of existence, leaving little room for artifice in a place where the work is always waiting.

About This Sunray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunray, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.409303, -97.954223. 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 Sunray includes the ZIP code (73529), telephone area code (405), county seat of Stephens County (Duncan), and school district assignment (Comanche 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.