Abandoned Record
About Piney
Piney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Piney had a population of 101.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Piney, 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 Piney is
Historic maps
9 historic USGS maps cover Piney
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 Tahlequah sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1901 Tahlequah sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1905 Tahlequah sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1946 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Fort Smith sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1972 Westville sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Stilwell 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 Piney
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Piney, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4120830.
- USGS GNIS 2584389.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).