Purcell
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city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- McClain
- Type
- Council-Manager Charter
- Mayor
- Jay Tate
- City manager
- Bobby Elmore
- Total
- 15.73 sq mi (40.75 km )
- Land
- 15.20 sq mi (39.36 km )
- Water
- 0.53 sq mi (1.38 km )
- Elevation
- 1,099 ft (335 m)
- Density
- 437.6/sq mi (168.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip code
- 73080 (Purcell) 73095 ( Wayne )
- Fips code
- 40-61150
- Website
- www .cityofpurcell .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Part of
- Central Oklahoma
- Official name
- Purcell
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- McClain County
- Population
- 6651
- Area
- 27.229234
- Elevation
- 335
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- McClain County
- Official website
- www.cityofpurcell.com
- Image
- The Canadian, Purcell, Oklahoma (88236).jpg
- Households
- 2620
- Dialing code
- 405
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- Commons category
- Purcell, Oklahoma
- postal code
- 73080
- inception
- 1887-00-00
- P8168
- military base
- water as percent of area
- 4.3304
- per capita income
- 27085
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Encyclopedic overview
Purcell is a city in and the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,651, a 13% increase from 2010.
Founded in 1887, Purcell was a railroad town named after Edward B. Purcell, an official with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("AT&SF").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purcell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.