Abandoned Record
About Earlsboro
Earlsboro is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 594 by the 2020 United States census.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Earlsboro, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Earlsboro is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Earlsboro
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1896 Seminole and Prague sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1909 Shawnee sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Earlsboro sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Shawnee sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Earlsboro
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Earlsboro": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Earlsboro, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q2550122.
- USGS GNIS 1092345.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).