Turpin Oklahoma Map

About Turpin, Oklahoma

Turpin is a locality in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 442. The population density is 170.8 people per km². Turpin is located at 36.8675°N, 100.8774°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 73950.

Turpin occupies a wide, expansive stretch of the Oklahoma panhandle where the earth wears a deep, iron-rich hue and the sky asserts an intimidating, hollowed-out clarity. It lies 35.8 miles east-northeast of Guymon, OK (from Guymon, OK: bearing 69°T), and is situated 12.4 miles south of Liberal. The horizon remains perpetually flat, broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional fence line that marks the boundary between sky and soil. Short Creek meanders through the arid terrain just a mile away, its banks providing a subtle, shaded reprieve from the relentless sweep of the wind. To the west, the distant profile of Table Mesa rises like a faint, serrated edge against the sunset, while the Beaver River Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet brush four miles from the center of activity.

Turpin sustains itself through the rhythmic labor of the plains, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of the wheat harvest and the quiet persistence of local agriculture. The legacy of the region remains etched in the stoic independence of its inhabitants, who have long adapted to the unpredictable temperament of the high-plains climate. Dust often dances in the golden light of late afternoon, coating the machinery and the roads in a fine, persistent powder that seems to hold the memory of the land itself. Life here moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, where the quietude of the evening is punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural equipment working against the approach of night.

About This Turpin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Turpin, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.867526, -100.877384. 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 Turpin includes the ZIP code (73950), telephone area code (580), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Turpin 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.