Whippoorwill Oklahoma Map

About Whippoorwill, Oklahoma

Whippoorwill is a locality in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 75. The population density is 142.6 people per km². Whippoorwill is located at 36.9123°N, 96.1300°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74056.

Whippoorwill claims its place upon the red dirt plains, where the Caney River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 14.1 miles northwest of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 324°T), and is situated 13.4 miles northwest of Dewey. The horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, defined by the low, sun-drenched rise of Sundown Hill to the distance and the quiet, deep shadows that collect in the folds of Hay Hollow. In the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the tall grasses and the scattered oaks of the Cross Timbers that hold the soil in place. Here, Hulah Lake offers a vast, open expanse of water that mirrors the expansive Oklahoma sky, providing a stillness that settles over the land long before the first stars appear.

Whippoorwill carries the quiet weight of an older territory, where the memory of those who walked the earth long before the steel of oil derricks broke the skyline still lingers in the wind. The economy remains tethered to the pulse of the land and the rhythmic demands of agriculture, supported by the steady presence of Lake Hudson nearby. Life in Whippoorwill proceeds with an internal momentum, measured not by the frenetic pace of urban centers, but by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. It is a place of enduring character, where the architecture of the past—simple, functional, and honest—remains visible in the weathered wood and sturdy brick that mark the center of daily affairs.

About This Whippoorwill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whippoorwill, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.91229, -96.129989. 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 Whippoorwill includes the ZIP code (74056), telephone area code (918), county seat of Osage County (Pawhuska), and school district assignment (Bowring Public School).

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.