Record
About Okay
Okay is a town along the east bank of the Verdigris River in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Okay had a population of 505.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Okay, 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 Okay is

Historic maps
12 historic USGS maps cover Okay
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 Muscogee sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1901 Muskogee sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1905 Muscogee sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1946 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1948 Wagoner sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1950 Wagoner sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1972 Wagoner SE sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1974 Northeast Muskogee sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Muskogee 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 Okay
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Okay": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Okay, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q2098229.
- USGS GNIS 1096195.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).