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McAlester

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McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171.

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The town gets its name from James Jackson "J. J." McAlester, an early settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma.

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As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171.

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McAlester, Oklahoma.

As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171. The town gets its name from James Jackson "J. J." McAlester, an early settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. Unsaid gifts are made for that: keepsakes and art that mark a family's growth in McAlester.

McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
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The town gets its name from James Jackson "J.

McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171.
The town gets its name from James Jackson "J.
J." McAlester, an early settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma.
McAlester married Rebecca Burney, the daughter of a full-blood Chickasaw family, which made him a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
McAlester is the home of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the former site of an "inside the walls" prison rodeo that ESPN's SportsCenter once broadcast.
The prison's nickname, Big Mac, was derived from its location in the town.
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