Teresita Oklahoma Map

About Teresita, Oklahoma

Teresita is a locality in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 5.8 people per km². Teresita is located at 36.1095°N, 94.9927°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74464.

Teresita lies in a fold of the Cherokee County land, where the rolling Ozark foothills begin their gentle descent. It lies 32.7 miles north-east of Muskogee, OK (from Muskogee, OK: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Grandview. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the skin like the fine, red dust that settles on everything after a dry spell. Fields of tall, dry grass, bleached by the summer sun, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of sturdy oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers. The sky above Teresita is vast, a canvas for clouds that drift in slow procession, their shadows sweeping across the landscape in a silent, ever-changing tide. The history of Teresita is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they have worked. Once, this area thrummed with the quiet industry of farming, with generations tending to the soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths. The legacy of those who cleared the land and built the first homes is present in the sturdy, unassuming architecture that still graces the few scattered homesteads. While large-scale agriculture has yielded to other pursuits, the connection to the earth remains, a palpable undercurrent in the rhythm of Teresita. Even the streams that thread through the landscape, often no more than a whisper of water during drier months, speak of a time when they were vital arteries for the early settlers, their banks worn smooth by countless crossings.

About This Teresita Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Teresita, Oklahoma — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.109535, -94.992735. 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 Teresita and Cherokee County.

Detailed location data for Teresita includes the ZIP code (74364), telephone area code (918), county seat of Cherokee County (Tahlequah), and school district assignment (Oaks-Mission 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 Teresita is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.