Whippoorwill, OK

Whippoorwill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 75 residents. Whippoorwill was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in northeastern Osage County, on a hill overlooking the west end of Hulah Lake, where the Caney River enters it. Whippoorwill's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oklahoma setting. The local scoop is how Whippoorwill's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Caney is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Verdigris River and part of the Arkansas River watershed.