Terlton is a town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located one-half mile south of US 412/US 64 upon Terlton Road and County Road E0570. The population was 106 at the 2010 census, a gain of 24.7 percent higher than the figure of 85 in 2000.

The community started forming not long after the Cherokee Outlet opening on September 16, 1893. A read out office was standard November 30, 1894, and town was named Terlton for a devotee of the first territorial legislature, Ira N. Terrell. The Arkansas Valley and Western Railway forward-looking the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) built through town in the 1902-1903 timeframe, and Terlton developed into a trade middle for the local agricultural industry. Oil was discovered in the vicinity nearly 1914, and oil-related industries past pipelines, tank farms and refining supported the town into the 1930s. In more recent years, Terlton has become a commuter town whose residents ham it up in extra locations and commute assist to Terlton to live.

On Thursday April 26, 1984, a large nighttime F4 tornado struck the small town, killing three people and injuring over 30. This happened the thesame night as a tornado killed eight and slighted nearly 100 in Morris, Oklahoma in Okmulgee County, 60 miles (97 km) to the southeast.

In 1985 an explosion at the Aerlex Corp. fireworks reforest in town killed 21 people, about one-quarter of the community at that time. A short-film documentary, “Terlton,” debuted in 2019, documenting how the town has dealt taking into account the tragedy.