Texola Oklahoma Map

About Texola, Oklahoma

Texola is a locality in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 27.1 people per km². Texola is located at 35.2192°N, 99.9912°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Texola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73668.

Texola occupies a quiet stretch of borderland where the red earth of Oklahoma meets the expansive sky of the plains. It lies 35.7 miles west-southwest of Elk City, OK (from Elk City, OK: bearing 248°T), and is situated 20.4 miles west-southwest of Sayre. Little Turkey Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the brush just a mile away, its banks often dry until the heavy, sudden rains of spring bring a brief, muddy vitality to the soil. The horizon remains flat and unrelenting, broken only by the silhouettes of rusted wire fences and the occasional weathered outbuilding that lean into the prevailing wind. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust kicked up by the breeze and turning the fields into a shimmering, hazy expanse that feels as vast as the history buried beneath the surface.

Texola stands as a lingering sentinel of the old frontier, once a bustling portal for travelers navigating the migration routes that defined the region’s early commerce. The local economy, long tethered to the fluctuations of agriculture and the sparse reach of oil exploration, now moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that has seen its busiest days pass into memory. Those seeking the untamed character of the land often venture toward the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area ten miles distant, where the rugged terrain remains largely undisturbed by modern hands. While the silence of the plains now settles deep into the streets of Texola, the remnants of its past endure in the crumbling brick and the resilient spirit of the few who still watch the long, straight roads stretch toward the horizon.

About This Texola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Texola, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.219219, -99.991219. 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 Texola includes the ZIP code (73668), telephone area code (405), county seat of Beckham County (Sayre), and school district assignment (Erick 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.