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  2. McAlester, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    McAlester is the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. [5] The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census. [6]

  3. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,773. [1] Its county seat is McAlester. [2] The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907.

  4. List of counties in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    County 6 in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, renamed to Payne County in 1907 [62] David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement: 121.50 83,352: 686 sq mi (1,777 km 2) Pittsburg County: 121: McAlester: 1907: Choctaw Nation land [63] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 33.29 43,479: 1,306 sq mi (3,383 km 2) Pontotoc County: 123: Ada ...

  5. McAlester News-Capital - Wikipedia

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    The McAlester News-Capital (formerly the News-Capital & Democrat) is a daily newspaper published in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States, covering Southeastern Oklahoma. It is owned by CNHI. Journalists James Beaty, Kevin Harvison, MJ Brickey and Matt Goisman anchor the editorial staff. Its editor, Glenn Puit, has written five true crime novels.

  6. Area codes 918 and 539 - Wikipedia

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    Besides Tulsa, these area codes cover cities such as Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Claremore, Gore, Jenks, McAlester, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pryor, Sapulpa, Tahlequah, and northeastern Oklahoma. Area code 918 was created in 1953 as a split from area code 405. Area code 539 was created as an overlay for 918. It became active on April 1, 2011 ...

  7. Wanda L. Bass - Wikipedia

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    Wanda L. Bass (January 5, 1927 – February 12, 2008) was an American philanthropist and banker.Bass donated most of the $38.5 million for the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University.

  8. J. J. McAlester - Wikipedia

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    James Jackson McAlester (October 1, 1842 – September 21, 1920) was an American coal baron and politician active in Indian Territory and later Oklahoma. He served as a United States Marshal for Indian Territory from 1893 to 1897, one of three members of the first Oklahoma Corporation Commission from 1907 to 1911, and as the second lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1911 to 1915.

  9. Little Dixie (Oklahoma) - Wikipedia

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    Map of Southeastern Oklahoma.Definitions of "Little Dixie" vary widely, but most stay within the southeastern quadrant of the state. Little Dixie is a name given to southeast Oklahoma, which in the past was strongly influenced by Southern ("Dixie") culture, as its white settlers were chiefly Southerners seeking a start in new lands following the American Civil War.