Maysville is a town in Garvin and McClain counties,

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History

A post office was established at this location on March 19, 1878, and operated until May 29, 1878. It was reestablished as Beef Creek, Indian Territory, on June 17, 1878. The post office took its name from nearby Beef Creek, a tributary of the

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. On September 19, 1902, after the town had relocated a mile north to be alongside the tracks of the newly-laid Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway (an affiliate of the

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), and the post office joined it, the name was changed to Maysville. The new name was in honor of David Mayes and John Mayes, local ranchers. At the time of its founding, Beef Creek, later Maysville, was located in

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.Charles Goins, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.

Geography

Maysville is located in northern Garvin County on the south side of the valley of the

. The town has an

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to the north in McClain County, surrounding Wiley Post Memorial Reservoir. Oklahoma State Highway 19 passes through the center of town as 6th Street, leading southeast to Pauls Valley, the Garvin County seat, and west to Lindsay. State Highway 74 (Ripley Street) crosses Highway 19 on the east side of downtown, leading north to

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and south to Elmore City. According to the

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, Maysville has a total area of , of which are land and , or 19.52%, are water. The

, a tributary of the Red River, passes to the north of the town.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,313 people, 507 households, and 317 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 581 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 85.00%

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, 0.38%

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, 9.60% Native American, 0.15%

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, 0.76% from other races, and 4.11% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.68% of the population. There were 507 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were

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living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $25,921, and the median income for a family was $31,369. Males had a median income of $28,194 versus $18,438 for females. The

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for the town was $12,449. About 16.9% of families and 21.6% of the population were below the

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, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 16.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Woody Bledsoe Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Bledsoe (November 12, 1921 – October 4, 1995) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator. He is one of the founders of artificial intelligence (AI), making early contributions in pattern re ...

(1921-1995), mathematician and computer scientist * J Mays (born 1954), industrial designer * Jake McNiece (1919-2013), US Army paratrooper *

Barry Odom Barry Stephen Odom (born November 26, 1976) is an American college football coach and former linebacker who is the head football coach at Purdue Boilermakers football, Purdue University. He previously served as the head coach at the UNLV Rebels f ...

(born 1976), football coach *

Wiley Post Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the Aviation between the World Wars, interwar period and the first aviator, pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flyi ...

(1898-1935), aviator * Charles Ritcheson (1925-2011), historian, diplomat and university administrator * D. C. Stephenson (1891-1966), Ku Klux Klan leader and convicted murderer

References

{{authority control Towns in Garvin County, Oklahoma Towns in McClain County, Oklahoma Towns in Oklahoma