2010 Map of Panola

About this map

Panola serves as the central hub of this eastern Oklahoma landscape, where the valley of the Little Fourche Maline is hemmed in by prominent terrain features like First Mountain and Second Mountain. The area is defined by a series of strategic gaps in the ridges, including Buzzard Gap, Courthouse Gap, and Spring Creek Gap, which have long dictated the movement of people and commerce through the region. Of particular interest to local historians is the Butterfield Trl and Butterfield Rd, tracing a route of significant western migration and transport through Latimer County. The map also documents modern water management infrastructure, showing numerous dams such as Fourche Maline Creek Site 9 Dam and Oknoname 077001 Dam that punctuate the drainage basins of Fourche Maline and its tributaries. Near Baldwin Prairie, the Baldwin Cemetery remains a quiet marker of the families who settled this territory between Limestone Ridge and the mountain peaks.