Map of Maud city, Oklahoma

Maud is a town on the boundary between Pottawatomie and Seminole counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 1,048 at the 2010 census, a 7.8 percent decrease from the figure of 1,136 in 2000. The town was named for Maud Stearns, a sister to the wives of two men who owned the first general store.

Maud city overview:
Name:	Maud city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Oklahoma
County:	Pottawatomie County, Seminole County
Elevation:	968 ft (295 m)
Total Area:	1.05 sq mi (2.72 km²)
Land Area:	1.05 sq mi (2.72 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	867
Population Density:	826.50/sq mi (318.97/km²)
ZIP code:	74854
Area code:	405
FIPS code:	4046900
GNISfeature ID:	1095177

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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.

A post office was established on April 16, 1896.

In January 1898, a mob lynched two Seminole teenagers, Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer Sampson, by burning them alive near this same post office, in retaliation for their alleged murder of a white woman. 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 first newspaper, Maud Monitor, appeared in 1904, and lasted until about 1919. The city was formally incorporated on July 21, 1905. The 1910 census showed a population of 503.

Maud became a boom town in the early 1920s because oil was discovered nearby. The peak population was estimated at ten thousand. The boom was short-lived and the population was only 4,326 at the 1930 census.

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Geography

Maud is located at 35°7′55″N 96°46′39″W / 35.13194°N 96.77750°W / 35.13194; -96.77750 (35.131809, -96.777527). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.58 km), all land.