Abandoned Record
About Hanson
Hanson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Hanson, 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 Hanson is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Hanson
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.
- 1900 Sallisaw sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1911 Sallisaw sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1946 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1966 Gans sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Fort Smith sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · 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 Hanson
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Hanson": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Hanson, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q108365055.
- USGS GNIS 1100474.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).