McAlester
Sign in to saveAlso known as McAlester, Oklahoma, McAlester, OK, South McAlester, South McAlester, Oklahoma, South McAlester, OK, MacAlister, MacAlister, Oklahoma, MacAlister, OK
city in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Pittsburg
- Named after
- J. J. McAlester
- Mayor
- Justin Few
- Total
- 17.93 sq mi (46.43 km )
- Land
- 17.80 sq mi (46.10 km )
- Water
- 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km )
- Elevation
- 742 ft (226 m)
- Density
- 1,020.9/sq mi (394.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 74501–74502
- Area codes
- 539/918
- Fips code
- 40-44800
- Website
- www .cityofmcalester .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- McAlester
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pittsburg County
- Population
- 18171
- Area
- 41.747938
- Elevation
- 224
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Pittsburg County
- Official website
- www.cityofmcalester.com
- Image
- McAlesterLibraryOK.jpg
- Households
- 7097
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- Commons category
- McAlester, Oklahoma
- postal code
- 74502
- category of associated people
- Category:People from McAlester, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1872-01-01
- P8168
- Guardi
- water as percent of area
- 0.8248
- per capita income
- 24768
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Encyclopedic overview
McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171. The town gets its name from James Jackson McAlester, an early settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. Known as "J. J.", McAlester married Rebecca Burney, the daughter of a full-blood Chickasaw family, which made him a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
McAlester is the home of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the former site of an "inside the walls" prison rodeo that ESPN's SportsCenter once broadcast. The prison's nickname, Big Mac, was derived from its location in the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McAlester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.