Every county and town in the metro

Counties and their towns

Oklahoma City itself

The city spreads across four counties, so Oklahoma City is mapped in five districts: the airport district, southeast and Tinker, northeast I-35, Stockyards City and the west Reno strip.

Grady County

Grady County, seat Chickasha, had 54,795 residents in 2020. I-44, the H. E. Bailey Turnpike, crosses it southwest of Oklahoma City, along with US 62, 81 and 277.

Farms and ranches fill most of the county, and Tuttle and Minco have small commercial cores with grain elevators and farm supply. Piles are fewer and bigger than in Oklahoma City: one plant's stock, or one operation's back lot. A haul this long is worth planning as a truckload or a scheduled pickup rather than a one-off. The corridor is I-44 Southwest.

Chickasha

Chickasha, the county seat, had 16,051 residents in 2020 and lies about 35 miles southwest of Oklahoma City on I-44.

Burlington Northern and Union Pacific run rail service through town four times a day, and a 240-acre industrial park has air access. Wheat and cattle came first; manufacturing grew in the mid-20th century, and ArvinMeritor Replacement Parts and Delta Faucet opened plants in the 1970s. Rail-served plants take pallets in volume and prefer a single size and grade, and the wheat harvest in early summer adds extra pallet use.

Logan County

Logan County, seat Guthrie, had 49,555 residents in 2020. I-35 and US 77 run north through it from Edmond.

The county is rural and small-town, so piles are small and cluster at farm suppliers, feed and fuel stops, and light industry near the interstate; one scheduled visit along I-35 can cover several stops. Smaller towns such as Langston, Marshall and Mulhall are reached by state highway rather than the interstate. In those towns, give the highway number and a landmark, since street names are not always signed. The corridor is I-35 North.

Guthrie

Guthrie, the county seat and Oklahoma's first state capital, had 10,749 residents in 2020 and lies 32 miles north of Oklahoma City on I-35.

Historic tourism is a significant industry, so the usual dock is a small shop, restaurant supplier or farm store, with light manufacturing and agriculture beside them. Piles are small and the pallets a bit of everything, and downtown means alley access and short loading windows. A Guthrie stop pairs with Edmond on the way; small shops are covered under stores and small business.

McClain County

McClain County, seat Purcell, had 41,662 residents in 2020. Its economy rests mainly on agriculture and cattle, and many residents commute to the metro.

I-35 enters at Goldsby, where State Highways 74 and 39 meet it at exit 91, and serves Purcell at exit 95 (US 77). I-44 and the Norman Spur of the H. E. Bailey Turnpike cross the northwest, and Newcastle, at the turnpike's north end, is close enough to Oklahoma City to be part of a south-side run. Piles are small and sit near the interstate: farm and ranch suppliers, shops and stores. Blanchard lies partly in Grady County. The corridor is I-35 South.

Pottawatomie County

Pottawatomie County, seat Shawnee, had 72,454 residents in 2020. I-40 crosses it east of Oklahoma City.

Beyond Shawnee and Tecumseh the county is small-town and farm, with a casino and a college among its larger employers. The corridor is I-40 East.

Shawnee

Shawnee, the county seat, had 31,377 residents in 2020 and lies just under 40 miles east of downtown Oklahoma City on I-40.

The Chamber counts more than 70 manufacturers in town and county, among them Shawnee Milling, Eaton, TDK, Georg Fischer, Jindal Films and Wolverine Tube, and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation's FireLake Casino employs 1,800. Flour, plastics film, metal tube and electrical equipment ship one size and grade by the truckload, on pallets sturdy enough for heavy rolls and coils. The plants run on a rhythm, so a regular schedule beats a single clean-out: see mills and plastics and recurring pickups.

In this section

• Oklahoma CountyPallets in Oklahoma County: Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City, Del City and Bethany. Roads, towns and what the docks ship on.
• Cleveland CountyPallets in Cleveland County: Norman, Moore and the I-35 south corridor. Roads, towns and what the docks ship on.
• Canadian CountyPallets in Canadian County: Yukon, Mustang, El Reno and the I-40 west corridor. Roads, towns and what the docks ship on.

Where to next

• The five legs out of the junction
• What is on your dock?
• Pallets by the truckload for metro plants and 3PLs
• Oklahoma County
• Cleveland County
• Pallets for the work the metro does