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McAlester, Oklahoma
Location of McAlester, Oklahoma
Location of McAlester, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 34°55′59″N 95°45′59″W / 34.93306, -95.76639
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Pittsburg
Area
 - Total 15. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. YeahImage Oklahoma counties mappng|thumb|right|300px|Map of Oklahoma counties]]This is a list of the seventy-seven counties in the U Pittsburg County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 sq mi (41. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 0 km²)
 - Land 15. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (40. 6 km²)
 - Water 0. 1 sq mi (0. 4 km²)
Elevation 735 ft (224 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 17,783
 - Density 1,133. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1/sq mi (437. 5/km²)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 74501-74502
Area code(s) 918
FIPS code 40-44800[1]
GNIS feature ID 1095202[2]

McAlester is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 918 is a Telephone Area code serving the state of Oklahoma. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Pittsburg County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 17,783 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pittsburg County. A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Pittsburg County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. [3] It is currently the largest city in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, followed by Durant. The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana) Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 13549 at the 2000 census, but a more recent estimate from 2007

It is also the location of the headquarters of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls. The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG is a Masonic youth Service organization which teaches leadership training through community service

McAlester was the site of the 2004 trial of Terry Nichols on Oklahoma state charges related to the Oklahoma City bombing (1995). Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is a US Army veteran who was convicted of being an accomplice of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U

A devastating ice storm crippled the city in January 2007, leaving residents without power and water more than a week. An ice storm is a type of Winter storm characterized by Freezing rain. Electric power is defined as the rate at which Electrical energy is transferred by an Electric circuit. [4]

Contents

History

The crossing of the east-west California Road with the north-south Texas Road formed a natural point of settlement in Tobucksy County of the Choctaw Nation, a site originally called Bucklucksy. The branch of the California Trail John Fremont followed from Westport Landing to the Wakarusa Valley south of Lawrence Kansas became regionally known The Texas Road was a major trade and emigrant route across Indian Territory. See also Choctaw The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is a semi- autonomous Native American homeland that maintains a special relationship with James Jackson McAlester, an employee of licensed traders Reynolds and Hannaford convinced the firm to locate a general store at that location in late 1869 (Presley 1978, p.  72).

The general store was an immediate success, but J. J. McAlester recognized an even greater opportunity in the abundance of readily available coal deposits in the area, and the impending construction of a rail line through Indian Territory. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. The Indian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States

By virtue of having been the first to extend their line to the northern border of Indian Territory, the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch earned right of way and a liberal bonus of land to extend the line to Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A number of New York businessmen, including Levi P. Morton, Levi Parsons, August Belmont, J. Pierpont Morgan, George Denison, and John D. Rockefeller, were interested in extending rail line through Indian Territory, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, familiarly called the Katy Railroad, began its corporate existence in 1865 toward that end. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Levi Parsons Morton (May 16 1824 May 16 1920 was a Representative from New York and the twenty-second Vice President of the United States. August Belmont Sr ( December 8 1813 - November 24 1890) was born in Alzey, Hesse, to a Jewish family John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who George Denison ( February 22, 1790 - August 20, 1831) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (reporting marks MKT) was incorporated May 23, 1870. Morton and Parsons selected a site near the Kansas border with Indian Territory at which a town operated by the railroad could be located, with the settlement incorporated under the name of Parsons, Kansas, in 1871. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Parsons is a City in the northern part of Labette County, located in southeast Kansas, in the Central United States.

That same year, J. J. McAlester, after buying out Reynolds’ share of the trading post, journeyed with a sample of coal to the railroad town in hopes of persuading officials to locate the line near his store at Bucklucksy. The location of the trading post on the Texas Road weighed in its favor, given that the Katy Railroad line construction roughly followed the Shawnee Trail – Texas Road route southward to the Red River. The Texas Road was a major trade and emigrant route across Indian Territory. For other uses see Red River. The Red River is one of several rivers with that name. The line reached Bucklucksy in 1872 and Katy Railroad officials named the railway stop McAlester (Nesbitt 1933, pp. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains  760-61).

Fritz Sittle (Sittel), a Choctaw citizen by marriage and one of the first settlers in the area, urged visiting newspaperman Edwin D. Chadick in 1885 to pursue the possibility of establishing an east-west rail line to run through the coal mining district at Krebs that would connect with the north-south line at McAlester. Chadick eventually found financing and established the Choctaw Coal and Railway in 1888, but was unable to come to terms with J. J. McAlester over the issue of right of way.

Chadick and his investors purchased land to the south of McAlester's General Store, and where the two rail lines crossed formed a natural trading crossroads, and quickly became a bustling community designated as South McAlester. The original town location became known familiarly as North McAlester or "North Town," although early U. S. Census records simply identified it as "McAlester. "

The two towns operated as somewhat separate communities until 1907, when the United States Congress passed an Act joining the two communities as a single municipality, the action being required since the towns were under Federal jurisdiction in Indian Territory. The separate entities of McAlester and South McAlester were combined under the single name McAlester with office-holders of South McAlester as officials of the single town. Designation as a single community by the United States Post Office came on July 1, 1907, nearly five months before Oklahoma Statehood, which caused a redrawing of county lines and designations and the majority of Tobucksy County fell within the new lines of Pittsburg County. Pittsburg County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma.

Geography

McAlester is located at 34°55′59″N, 95°45′59″W (34. 933016, -95. 766363). [5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 8 square miles (41. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 0 km²), of which, 15. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 square miles (40. 6 km²) of it is land and 0. 1 square miles (0. 4 km²) of it (0. 88%) is water.

Neighboring Communities

Transportation

Downtown McAlester
Downtown McAlester
  • State Highway 31
  • State Highway 71
  • U. Alderson is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Ashland is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Canadian is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Crowder is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Haileyville is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Hartshorne is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Indianola is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Kiowa is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Krebs is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Longtown is a Census-designated place (CDP in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Pittsburg is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Quinton is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. Savanna is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The Indian Nation Turnpike is a Toll road in southeastern Oklahoma. Interstate 40 (I-40 is an Interstate Highway in Oklahoma that runs 331 miles (530 km across the state from Texas to Arkansas McAlester Regional Airport is a public Airport located three miles (5 km southwest of the Central business district of McAlester, a city in State Highway 1, sometimes abbreviated as SH-1 or OK-1, is a highway maintained by the U State Highway 9, abbreviated as SH-9, OK-9, or simply Highway 9, is a major east–west highway in the U State Highway 31 ( SH-31 or OK-31) is a State highway in Oklahoma. State Highway 71 is a State highway in eastern Oklahoma. It runs from State Highway 31 in Quinton north to intersect State Highway S. Highway 69 Business
  • U.S. Highway 69
  • U.S. Highway 75
  • U.S. Highway 270
  • U.S. Highway 271

(McAlester Chamber of Commerce 2007)

Demographics

As of the 2000 census,[1] there were 17,783 people, 6,584 households, and 4,187 families residing in the city. US Route 69 is a north-south United States highway. When it was first created it was only long but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas US Route 75 is a north-south US Highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Kittson County Minnesota, at the Canadian border where it continues US Route 270 is a spur of US Route 70. It currently runs for 643 miles (1035 km from White Hall Arkansas at Interstate 530 and U US Route 271 is a north-south United States highway. Never a long highway it went from bi-state route ( Arkansas and Oklahoma) to a tri-state route (Arkansas The household is the basic unit of analysis in many Social, Microeconomic and Government models The population density was 1,133. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1 people per square mile (437. 6/km²). There were 7,374 housing units at an average density of 469. 9/sq mi (181. 5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74. 72% White, 8. 68% African American, 10. 48% Native American, 0. 39% Asian, 0. 05% Pacific Islander, 1. 29% from other races, and 4. 38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 04% of the population.

There were 6,584 households out of which 29. 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46. The age of majority is the threshold of Adulthood as it is conceptualized (and recognized or declared in Law. 6% were married couples living together, 13. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36. 4% were non-families. 33. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the Average life span of Human beings and thus the end of the human life cycle. The average household] size was 2. 31 and the average family size was 2. 93.

In the city the population was spread out with 22. 2% under the age of 18, 8. 7% from 18 to 24, 30. 4% from 25 to 44, 20. 8% from 45 to 64, and 18. 0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 107. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108. 2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,631, and the median income for a family was $36,480. Males had a median income of $29,502 versus $19,455 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,694. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 16. 1% of families and 19. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 11. 6% of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest

Notable residents

NRHP sites

The following sites in McAlester are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Aldridge Hotel
  • Busby Office Building
  • Busby Theatre
  • Federal Building and US Courthouse
  • First Presbyterian Church
  • Jeff Lee Park Bath House and Pool
  • Mass Grave of the Mexican Miners
  • McAlester Armory
  • McAlester DX
  • McAlester House
  • McAlester Scottish Rite Temple
  • Mine Rescue Station Building
  • New State School
  • OKLA Theater
  • Perryville
  • Pittsburg County Courthouse

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. Michael Wilson ( July 1, 1914 – April 9, 1978) was an American multiple- Academy Award winning Screenwriter The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  4. ^ Dunbar, Trevor (January 14, 2007). Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ice storm. McAlester News-Capital. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  5. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes

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