Sweetwater Oklahoma Map

About Sweetwater, Oklahoma

Sweetwater is a locality in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 2.5 people per km². Sweetwater is located at 35.4150°N, 99.9203°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sweetwater is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73666.

Sweetwater occupies a quiet expanse of red-earth prairie where the wind carries the dry, persistent scent of sun-baked grasses and distant dust. It lies 28.6 miles west of Elk City, OK (from Elk City, OK: bearing 272°T), and is situated 17.8 miles west-northwest of Sayre. West Buffalo Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with sturdy cottonwoods that shiver and sigh under the relentless breath of the plains. The horizon stretches wide and flat, broken only by the occasional fence line or the stark, singular geometry of an oil pump jack nodding in the heat. At dusk, the light here transforms, turning the red dirt into a deep, bruised copper while the sky bruises into violet, casting a long, meditative stillness over the fields that feels older than the roads themselves.

Sweetwater maintains a pace defined by the cycle of the seasons and the demands of the surrounding agricultural land. The regional economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the wheat harvest and the pulse of oil production, a legacy that draws strength from the deep history of Comanche and settler intersections in this territory. Ten miles away, the Black Kettle National Grassland offers a preserved memory of the open range, providing a rugged contrast to the orderly rows of crops that define the local industry. Life in Sweetwater is marked by the deliberate movement of machinery and the endurance of those who work the soil, keeping a steady, unassuming watch over a landscape that asks for patience and rewards it with the quiet intensity of a prairie sunset.

About This Sweetwater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.415025, -99.920299. 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 Sweetwater includes the ZIP code (73666), telephone area code (405), county seat of Roger Mills County (Cheyenne), and school district assignment (Sweetwater 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.