{"id":7045,"date":"2023-08-24T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7045"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:45:39","slug":"kay-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kay-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay County, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kay County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, on the Kansas border in the north-central part of the state. It had a population of 43,700 at the 2020 census and covers 945 square miles (2,450 km2), of which 920 square miles (2,400 km2) is land, centred near 36\u00b049\u2032N 97\u00b008\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Newkirk is the county seat, and its postal code is 74647. The county has five incorporated cities, two incorporated towns, and a number of unincorporated communities. Kay County observes Central time and carries FIPS code 40071.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Kay County<\/h2>\n

Kay County has seven incorporated municipalities plus a scatter of unincorporated communities, several of them former railroad sidings or agency sites tied to the Ponca and Tonkawa reservations. The table below covers the incorporated places with verified 2020 census figures; unincorporated places follow with no reliable population count.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ponca City<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n24,424<\/td>\n74601 \/ 74604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackwell<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n6,085<\/td>\n74631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newkirk<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n2,172<\/td>\n74647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonkawa<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n3,015<\/td>\n74653<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaw City<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n74641<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Braman<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n74632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kildare<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nardin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n74646<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White Eagle<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chilocco<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washunga<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peckham<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uncas<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eddy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hardy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bender<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dilworth<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Kaw City sits on the shore of Kaw Lake, having been relocated in the 1970s when the reservoir was built; the original townsite is now underwater. White Eagle and Washunga are Ponca and Kaw agency communities south of Ponca City, and Chilocco is the site of the former Chilocco Indian Agricultural School near the Kansas line.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n