Madill, Oklahoma
| Madill, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
State Highway 199, U.S. 177, and U.S. 70
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 Location of Madill, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 34°5′29″N 96°46′25″W / 34.09139°N 96.77361°WCoordinates: 34°5′29″N 96°46′25″W / 34.09139°N 96.77361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Marshall |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.9 sq mi (7.7 km2) |
| • Land | 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 787 ft (240 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,770 |
| • Density | 1,303.8/sq mi (504.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 73446 |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-45750 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1095082 |
| Website | mccoconline.org |
Madill is a city and county seat of Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named in honor of George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The population at the 2010 census was 3,770, an increase of 10.8 percent from 3,410 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the site of the annual National Sand Bass Festival. It is part of the Texoma region.
Madill was founded in 1900 by William N. Taliaferro, who had settled in 1886, in what was then known as Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Taliaferro owned a 600 acres (240 ha) farm and operated some ranches in the nearby town of Oakland, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Madill. Oakland had been the area's largest town, but the railroad caused Madill to grow and Oakland, two miles northwest, to decline. A post office was established at Madill on April 29, 1901, The city was chartered on September 12, 1902. The first public school opened in a four-room frame structure built on the south side of the town in 1903.
Farming and ranching became the town's principal industries early in its history because the surrounding area was highly fertile and the railroad provided good transportation to markets. There were also mineral springs nearby, and an oil seep north of town. The Arbuckle oilfield was discovered in 1904, and experienced another boom in 1924. Pure Oil Company brought in a well east of town in 1939 and built a company town called Pure Camp to house the oilfield workers. Pure Camp was destroyed by a tornado and killed two people on April 2, 1957. The camp closed permanently in July, 1959.
Madill is located at 34°5′29″N 96°46′25″W / 34.09139°N 96.77361°W (34.091261, -96.773565). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (1.37%) is water.
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