Maud is a city on the boundary between Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its population was 867 by the 2020 United States census. The city was named for Maud Stearns, a sister to the wives of two men who owned the first general store.
History
This community was established by 1890 on the dividing line between Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. In 1890, a barbed-wire fence was built along the street now called Broadway from the North Canadian River to the Canadian River to keep the Native Americans out of Oklahoma Territory. However, the fence failed to prevent the illegal sale of alcohol to residents of Indian Territory. Newspapers reported that the charred bodies remained chained to an oak tree for several days after the mob murdered them. Unlike in most lynchings, some members of the mob were actually convicted of participating in the violence. When one of these men was released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth in 1906, a celebratory crowd welcomed him home to Maud.
A railroad station was built by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway in 1903. The city was formally incorporated on July 21, 1905.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Maud had a population of 867. The median age was 39.2 years. 24.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 106.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.3 males age 18 and over.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 322 households in Maud, of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.4% were married-couple households, 21.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 74.7%
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| Black or African American || 1.7%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 12.2%
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| Asian || 0.1%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0%
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| Some other race || 0.9%
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| Two or more races || 10.3%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 3.9%
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As of the 2020 census the median income for a household in the city was $46,500, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $26,944 versus $15,625 for females. 21.1% of residents live in poverty. 1.7% of the population is foreign-born.
6.1% of the population had attained a Bachelor's Degree or Higher. 71.9% of residents owned their home.
Notable people
- Edmond Harjo, the last surviving Seminole Code Talker during World War II and a 2013 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, resided within or near Maud for most of his life.
- Wanda Jackson, pioneering rockabilly singer, known as the "Queen of Rockabilly," who has a street (Wanda Jackson Boulevard) named after her.
- Harold Cagle, athlete