Atoka County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, about 137 miles southeast of Oklahoma
\nCity. It had a population of 14,143 at the 2020 census, an estimated 14,609 by 2025, and covers
\n990 square miles (2,600 km2) centred near 34\u00b023\u2032N 96\u00b003\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Atoka is the county seat and the county’s only incorporated city; its postal code is 74525.
\nThe county holds 1 city, 3 incorporated towns and 3 census-designated places, plus dozens of
\nunincorporated rural communities, and it runs on Central Time. The land lies entirely on Choctaw
\nNation reservation lands.<\/p>\n
Atoka County has 7 named places with incorporated or CDP status: 1 city, 3 towns and 3
\ncensus-designated places. CDP stands for census designated place, an unincorporated community the
\nCensus Bureau tracks as if it were a town; Unincorp. below covers rural crossroads communities
\nwith no formal boundary or population count of their own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atoka<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 3,195<\/td>\n | 74525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stringtown<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 419<\/td>\n | 74569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tushka<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 413<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lane<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 300<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Caney<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 185<\/td>\n | 74533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wardville<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 53<\/td>\n | 74525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bentley<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 42<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Beyond these seven, dozens of unincorporated crossroads communities are scattered across the ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nTushka, Lane and Bentley have no separately confirmed ZIP of their own in the sources checked Geography<\/h2>\nAtoka County sits in southeastern Oklahoma, where the flat prairie of the state’s |