2012 Map of American Horse Lake

About this map

The Canadian River cuts a wide, meandering path through this western Oklahoma landscape, defining the local geography alongside several tributary streams. In the southeast corner, American Horse Lake and the managed waters of Groendyke Pond Number 1 provide significant landmarks within the undulating terrain. This 2012 survey illustrates a sparse settlement pattern dominated by a grid of rural roads, such as n2490 RD and e0880 RD, which connect isolated homesteads and burial sites. Genealogists will find interest in the scattered rural cemeteries that anchor the local history of the region, including Whirlwind Cem in the northwest and the grouped Emmanuel Cem and Macedonia Cem to the northeast. These small plots, along with Etna Cem further south, serve as the primary named historical markers in a territory largely defined by its drainage basins like Squaw Cr and Bear Cr.