Pond Creek is a city in Grant County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River.

[4] Before people of European descent came on the scene, the region around the present town of Pond Creek was traversed by many of the nomadic Native Americans of the Great Plains.

Although the land is now heavily agricultural there are still traces of campsites along the numerous creeks of the drainage of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.

When many of the Native American groups were moved onto reservations in what is now Oklahoma, towns and trading posts were established.

[11] According to the Chronicles of Oklahoma, "The government townsite of Pond Creek was first entered at 2:10 on the day of the run.

"[12] The settlers soon found that there was not enough water to support the new town; the government had dug wells for all of the government townsites, including Pond Creek, but all the water in Pond Creek's well was quickly used up.

[12] Water from the Salt Fork River was brought to Pond Creek and sold for five cents a cup, but it was not fit for human or animal consumption.

This story doesn't quite correspond with most personal histories of the controversy[13][14] but it makes a colorful tale.

Pond Creek is located on the west side of the Salt Fork Arkansas River.

[15] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.