2016 Map of Buffalo NW

About this map

Willard stands at the heart of this northwestern Oklahoma landscape, situated within Harper County near the Kansas border. This rural area is defined by its drainage systems, most notably Snake Creek, which winds through the western half of the map, and Willow Creek to the east. The settlement pattern follows a rigid section-line road grid, with local history preserved at sites like Willard Cemetery and Otter Creek Cemetery. These locations, along with the numerous unnamed structures scattered along the county roads, provide a clear view of the ranching and agricultural framework of the High Plains in the twenty-first century. The presence of these small family or community burial grounds near old town sites like Willard offers valuable markers for those tracing the history of frontier ranching families in the Panhandle region.