Abandoned Record
About Moral
Moral (also seen as Old Moral) is a ghost town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Nothing remains there, besides the Moral Cemetery.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Moral, 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 Moral is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Moral
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.
- 1898 Purcell sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1910 McComb sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Tribbey sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Oklahoma City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Oklahoma City South 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 Moral
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Moral, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q106237845.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).