Abandoned Record
About Ketchum
Ketchum is a town in Craig and Mayes counties, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 471 at the 2020 census, up from 442 in 2010.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ketchum, 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 Ketchum is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Ketchum
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.
- 1901 Vinita sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1913 Vinita sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Tulsa sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Tulsa sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Tulsa sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1971 Ketchum sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Bartlesville 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 Ketchum
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Ketchum": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Ketchum, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q2057249.
- USGS GNIS 1094351.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).