McAlester was initially a settlement known as Bucklucksy, but when the general store was opened and discovered coal in some close areas, it was made into a town.
In the 2021 population census, the total number of people in the town was 18,244.
It lies 90 miles south of Tulsa and 129 miles southeast of the state capital. McAlester is a town in the state of Oklahoma and Pittsburgh county’s county seat.
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