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McClain County is a county located in south central Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,662. [1] Its county seat is Purcell. [2] The county was named for Charles M. McClain, an Oklahoma constitutional convention attendee. [3] McClain County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK metropolitan statistical area.
The present community of Byars is one mile southeast of the Camp Arbuckle site in what is now McClain County. Before Byars was established, there was a community called Johnsonville, named for a local rancher named Montford Johnson. Thomas B. Johnson, Chief Justice of the Chickasaw Nation, lived in Johnsonville, his daughter, Katie, married ...
Purcell is a city in and the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,651, a 13% increase from 2010. [6] [7] Founded in 1887, Purcell was a railroad town named after Edward B. Purcell, who was an official with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("AT&SF"). [8]
The McClain County Courthouse, on Courthouse Sq. in Purcell, Oklahoma, was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It was designed by architects Hawk & Parr. [2] It is a three-story almost square red brick courthouse with a flat roof. A jail built of reinforced group forms a jail in a partial attic ...
Pages in category "McClain County, Oklahoma" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Oklahoma. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 483 law enforcement agencies employing 8,639 sworn police officers, about 237 for each 100,000 residents.
Blanchard is a city in McClain and Grady counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.The population was 8,879 at the 2020 census, [4] up from 7,670 at the 2010 census. [5] Blanchard is part of a rapidly growing area of northern McClain and Grady counties known as the "Tri-City Area" with Newcastle and Tuttle.
Goldsby is a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. It lies within the Washington public school district and is home to the second largest casino in Oklahoma. As of the 2020 Census, the estimated population was 2,694, a 66 percent increase since 2010.