Wardville Oklahoma Map

About Wardville, Oklahoma

Wardville is a locality in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 53. The population density is 20.8 people per km². Wardville is located at 34.6537°N, 96.0303°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74576.

Wardville occupies a quiet expanse of red-earth prairie where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 24.3 miles southwest of McAlester, OK (from McAlester, OK: bearing 217°T), and is situated 19.3 miles north-northeast of Atoka. Rabbit Creek meanders through the low brush only a mile away, its banks marked by the persistent growth of hardy scrub oak that defines the local terrain. To the west, the distant silhouette of Big Prairie Ridge provides a jagged anchor to the view, while the subtle depression of Phillips Hollow dips into the earth five miles distant, catching the shadows as the sun begins its slow descent. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the dust kicked up by passing trucks into a fine, glowing gold that settles over the fences and dry grasses.

Wardville maintains a steady, deliberate pace born of a landscape shaped by long-standing agricultural traditions and the quiet persistence of rural industry. Residents often look toward the Atoka Wildlife Management Area, six miles away, as a sanctuary for the native deer and wild turkey that wander between the timbered patches and the open fields. While McEntire Lake sits four miles off, providing a still, reflective surface against the heat of mid-summer, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal demands of the land. It is a place where the memory of earlier territorial days lingers in the architecture of weathered barns and the layout of narrow, unpaved lanes, holding fast to a character defined by the wind and the deep, iron-rich dust of the plains.

About This Wardville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wardville, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.653705, -96.030273. 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 Wardville includes the ZIP code (74576), telephone area code (918), county seat of Atoka County (Atoka), and school district assignment (Coalgate 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.