Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Water tower in Pauls Valley
Location of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 34°44′16″N 97°13′51″W / 34.73778°N 97.23083°W / 34.73778; -97.23083
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyGarvin
Area
  Total
8.49 sq mi (21.99 km2)
  Land8.32 sq mi (21.56 km2)
  Water0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2)
Elevation
873 ft (266 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
5,992
  Density719.85/sq mi (277.94/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
73075
Area code405
FIPS code40-57550
GNIS feature ID2411387
Websitewww.paulsvalley.com

Pauls Valley is a city in and the county seat of Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,992 at the 2020 census, a decline of 3.2 percent from the figure of 6,187 in 2010. It was settled by and named for Smith Paul, a North Carolina native who married a Chickasaw woman and became a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation before the Civil War. The town economy is largely based on agriculture and oil production.