Gideon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.

[3] Gideon is located northwest of the center of Cherokee County along Oklahoma State Highway 82.

Tahlequah, the Cherokee County seat, is 9 miles (14 km) to the southeast, and Locust Grove is 16 miles (26 km) to the northwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Gideon CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

This Oklahoma state location article is a stub.