Mooreland is a town in
Woodward County
Woodward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,081. Its county seat is Woodward.
Woodward County comprises the Woodward, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Woodward County was ...
,
Oklahoma
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, United States, east of the city of
Woodward, the county seat. The population was 1,190 at the
2010 census. Mooreland lies in a valley approximately north of the
North Canadian River. This area of shallow-water land lies at an altitude of .
History
The Southern Kansas Railway, later the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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, constructed a line in 1886/1887 and then furnished an accessible shipping point for the region. After the opening of
Cherokee Outlet in 1893, homesteaders made efforts that resulted in the town of Mooreland.
Prosperous area resident J. H. Dail joined F. J. Knittel, John J. Bouquot, John E. Moseley, and William M. Holmes in founding the Mooreland Town Company. They and others realized the agricultural potential of the area and the possibility of immense crop production.
Mooreland Town Company founded the town of Dail City'', named for its chief proprietor, in 1901. The company purchased land from the Knittel homestead and the W. F. Jones homestead for the platting of the original town site. Others helpful in development of Mooreland included John T. Davis, C. L. Lambert, J. C. Krouth, and John Arnold. Residents quickly petitioned the federal government for a post office. Because of already another "Dail" in Oklahoma Territory, the government denied the request. Residents then selected the name "Moreland." An error occurred when an extra "o" inadvertently crept into the name on the official plat and registration.
In March 1902, the government established the first Mooreland post office with F. M. Jones as first appointed postmaster. ''Mooreland Leader'' newspaper began publishing in 1903 and continues today.
The economy always depended on farming, primarily wheat and grain. An agricultural service center within a few years of its founding, the community supported four stores, two liveries, three grain elevators, a feed mill, saloons, restaurants, hotels, and medical personnel.
A minor oil boom occurred around the time of World War I. Mooreland began smaller than Woodward, Curtis, and
Quinlan, Oklahoma. Curtis and Quinlan withered, but Mooreland and Woodward continued to prosper.
Mooreland celebrated its centennial in 2001 with the publication of a history book. The community includes a school district, six churches, a newspaper, an airport, farmers cooperative and elevators, and several dozen retail and service businesses necessary for survival of the town. Primary employers include Mooreland Public Schools, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, and Prather Cues (a pool
cue stick
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company).
Geography
Mooreland is located at (36.437517, -99.205420).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,226 people, 477 households, and 336 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 554 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 95.02%
White
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, 2.37%
Native American, 0.08%
Asian
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, 1.88% from
other races, and 0.65% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 3.83% of the population.
There were 477 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were
married couples
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living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,680, and the median income for a family was $38,654. Males had a median income of $28,906 versus $21,574 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $16,657. About 9.0% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
*
Troy Ruttman,
Indianapolis 500
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winner 1952, at age 22 the youngest winner of the Indy 500.
Joyce Eilers Composer
References
External links
Mooreland High School
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Towns in Oklahoma
Towns in Woodward County, Oklahoma