1991 Map of Sterling

The hydrology of the area is shaped by the winding courses of Whisky Creek, Cottonwood Creek, and the curiously named Ninemile Beaver Creek. Near the border of Comanche and Stephens counties, smaller settlements like Denton and the crossroads at Coxs Corner appear alongside their respective community landmarks, including Sterling Cem and Denton Cem. The map illustrates a late 20th-century landscape where traditional agricultural settlement patterns have long been integrated with the Oklahoma oil and gas industry.