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39-689: McLoud may refer to: McLoud, Oklahoma , a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States of America McLoud High School , a high-school in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States of America John William McLoud, attorney and namesake of McLoud, Oklahoma Alex McLoud, character on the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl See also [ edit ] MacLeod (disambiguation) McCloud (disambiguation) MacLeòid Jennifer McLoud-Mann , Native American mathematician Smith McLoud House ,

78-674: A Level III ecoregion . Some organizations and maps refer to the Cross Timbers ecoregion as the Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains. The Cross Timbers are contained within the WWF central forest-grasslands transition ecoregion. The woodland and savanna portions of the Cross Timbers are mainly post oak and blackjack oak on coarse, sandy soils; fire suppression in recent years has increased forest density and allowed eastern redcedar to invade as well. The short, stout oaks that grow in

117-603: A captive of the Comanche in 1836, described it as "a range of timber-land from the waters of Arkansas, bearing a southwest direction, crossing the False Ouachita, Red River, the heads of Sabine, Angelina, Natchitoches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado...the range of timber is of an irregular width, say 5 to 35 miles wide...abounding with small prairies, skirted with timber of various kinds — oak, of every description, ash, elm, hickory, walnut and mulberry...the purest atmosphere I ever breathed

156-550: A historic home located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title McLoud . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McLoud&oldid=879028169 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

195-650: A major part of the activities for the weekend. Cross Timbers No major metropolitan areas lie wholly within the Cross Timbers, although roughly the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex does, including the cities of Fort Worth , Denton , Arlington , and Weatherford . The western suburbs of the Tulsa metropolitan area and the northeastern suburbs of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area also lie within this area. The main highways that cross

234-421: A small area nestled in between regions 29g and h; it is made of folded , rather than dissected, limestone, sandstone, and dolomite , and features the greatest topographical relief of the entire Cross Timbers, though not the highest elevations. The landscape includes many caves, sinkholes , springs , and streams. I-35 crosses this region north to south. Part of the difference in the Cross Timbers region and

273-415: A small part of Love County, Oklahoma (the only part of this region outside of Texas) and passes south through western Cooke County , eastern Wise County , and western Denton , Tarrant , and Johnson counties, and also includes parts of Parker , Erath , Hood , Somervell , Hill , and McLennan counties. This region contains the cities of Fort Worth , Granbury and Denton , although Denton lies on

312-827: Is a wide belt of land stretching from south-central Oklahoma into southeastern Kansas and is the only part of the Cross Timbers that extends into Kansas. In that state, it covers eastern Chautauqua and Elk counties and smaller portions of Greenwood , Woodson , Wilson , and Montgomery counties, while in Oklahoma, this region covers all of Seminole , Pottawatomie , and Okfuskee counties, large parts of Osage , Lincoln , Creek , Oklahoma , Cleveland , Pontotoc , Hughes , McIntosh , and Okmulgee counties, and smaller parts of Logan , Garvin , Murray , Pawnee , Tulsa , Wagoner , and Washington counties. The towns of Sand Springs , Sapulpa , Ada , and Shawnee, Oklahoma fall within this large area; Bartlesville and Okmulgee lie on

351-473: Is approximately 22 miles (35 km) east of Oklahoma City . The North Canadian River flows past the northeast side of the city. Oklahoma Route 270 and Route 102 intersect within the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 18.4 square miles (48 km ), of which 18.3 square miles (47 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (0.43%)

390-543: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages McLoud, Oklahoma McLoud is a city in northwestern Pottawatomie County , Oklahoma , United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Consolidated Metropolitan Area. The population was 4,044 at the 2010 census , a 14.0 percent increase from the figure of 3,548 in 2000. The city was founded in 1895 and named for John W. McLoud, attorney for

429-518: Is water. McLoud is located in the Crosstimbers ecoregion and the Frontier Country tourism region . As of the census of 2010, there were 4,044 people, 1,102 households. The racial makeup of the town was 2910 White , 241 African American , 569 Native American , 10 Asian , 46 some other race, 276 from two or more races. There were 1,102 households, out of which 356 had children under

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468-551: The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad . Early day McLoud was known for manufacturing and selling whiskey to whites and American Indians in dry Indian Territory. Located on the North Canadian River , the original town was destroyed in a flood and was rebuilt on higher ground one mile south. In June 1895, a post office named McCloud was established for the town, named after railroad attorney John William McLoud. The spelling of

507-825: The Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in the city limits of McLoud in Pottawatomie County , The City of McLoud hosts a web site for public use and access at http://www.mcloudok.us/ The city of McLoud is served by Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech in Shawnee . Most of McLoud is in the McLoud Public Schools school district. Portions are in Dale Public Schools and Harrah Public Schools . McLoud Public Schools consists of two campus sites. The McLoud Elementary campus consists of eight buildings, including

546-674: The 1,000+ students, staff, and faculty. The Secondary campus consists of ten buildings. These include McLoud Junior High School (7th & 8th grade) and High School East and West buildings (9th - 12th grades) Also included on the Secondary campus are the Secondary cafeteria, the Secondary Multimedia Center, the Business Building (now the indoor archery range), a VoAg Building and VoAg Barn, the Home Economics Building,

585-400: The Cross Timbers are not as arable as the surrounding ecoregions. Today, land use is a mixture of rangeland , pastures , and farmland . The area has also been an important site of oil extraction for over 80 years. Geologically speaking, the Cross Timbers are underlain by Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous -era sandstone and limestone that has been moderately dissected , giving

624-578: The Cross Timbers fall into Level II Ecoregion 9.4, the smaller South Central Semi-Arid Plains. In southern Oklahoma, the Cross Timbers are located on the very edge of the Great Plains, as they border directly parts of Level I Ecoregion 8.0, the Eastern Temperate Forests; elsewhere, the Cross Timbers are separated slightly from the Eastern Temperate Forests. In turn, the Cross Timbers are themselves subdivided into nine Level IV Ecoregions: This

663-461: The Cross Timbers were not usable as timber, and those that were not cleared for farmland constitute one of the least disturbed forest types in the eastern United States, with some 890,000 acres (3,600 km ) of old-growth forest scattered throughout the region. These old-growth forests contain millions of post oak from 200 to 400 years old and red cedar over 500 years old. The prairie portions are chiefly tallgrass on finer, dry soils. Overall,

702-702: The Cross Timbers. No towns of any size lie within this area, although Possum Kingdom Lake and State Park do; the region is crossed by US 180 and Texas State Highway 16 . Covering a fairly small area in south-central Oklahoma and underlain by a unique mosaic of several different minerals , this region includes the town of Ardmore . An extension in two branches of the Cross Timbers into southwestern Oklahoma, this area features reduced tree density and height, but also small forests dominated by sugar maple , bur oak , and live oak in deeper river canyons. The towns of Duncan, Oklahoma and Walters, Oklahoma , lie in this region. The Arbuckle Mountains are located in

741-590: The Eastern Cross Timbers, the Western Cross Timbers band extends from far southern Oklahoma, including parts of Love and Carter counties, into central Texas, where it covers large parts of Montague , Young , Jack , Wise , Stephens , Palo Pinto , Parker , Eastland , Erath , Brown , San Saba , and Mills counties, as well as smaller parts of Clay , Cooke , Callahan , Hood , Coleman , and McCulloch counties. In Texas, this area includes

780-541: The Edwards Plateau, which it borders to the south. All of Hamilton and Coryell counties, large parts of Bell , Lampasas , Mills , Erath , and Bosque counties, and smaller parts of Williamson , Burnet , Brown , Comanche , Hood , Somervell , and McLennan counties, including the towns of Killeen , Copperas Cove , and Lampasas as well as the Fort Cavazos Army base, fall within this region. Among

819-902: The Elementary building(old intermediate), the Ola Barnett building (future board offices), the PreK building(old 2nd grade building), and the Early Childhood Center (Pre-K thru 1st grade). The new Intermediate campus is located south of the Junior High and High School. Also at the Elementary campus are the Elementary Gymnasium, the Elementary Multi-Media Center, and the Elementary SafeRoom, which provides tornado protection for

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858-596: The Fine Arts Building (Band and Drama), and the Secondary SafeRoom which provides the entire secondary campus with tornado protection. McLoud Schools offers students access to 15 different computer labs across the District. There are four basketball gyms, baseball, football, soccer, and softball fields. McLoud Schools also has indoor practice facilities for their baseball, softball, and wrestling programs, as well as

897-402: The age of 18 living with them, In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 38.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 58.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 49.0 males. The median income for a household in the town

936-514: The border with the Eastern Cross Timbers. I-35 and I-35W cross north to south, while US 82 , US 380 , I-30 , I-20 , US 377 , and US 67 cross east to west; US 81 and US 287 also cross southwest to northeast. A broader, southern extension of the Grand Prairie, found only in Texas; it is underlain by limestone rather than sandstone, and serves as a physiological and vegetational transition to

975-662: The eastern edge. In Oklahoma, this belt of woodland covers all of Marshall County and parts of Love , Carter , Johnston , and Bryan counties, but in Texas, this region exists as a long, very narrow strip of dense forest stretching from the Red River to just north of Waco, Texas . It passes through northwestern Grayson County , eastern Cooke , Denton and Tarrant counties, central Johnson County , western Hill County , and northern McLennan County . The city of Arlington, Texas lies within this zone, and Denton and Cleburne are on its eastern edge. A much wider band than

1014-614: The end of the blackberry harvest. Although there is no longer large scale commercial blackberry farming in McLoud, blackberries still grow wild in the area. Another local favorite is the Austin poker tournament held in conjunction with the festival. The festival is held the first weekend in July at venues throughout the community. The festivities now include a parade, carnival, car show, poker run, baking contest, and pageant. Fireworks and music are also

1053-583: The few major roads that cross the Limestone Cut Plains are US 281 north to south and US 84 east to west. This ecoregion exists as an enclave within the Western Cross Timbers, stretching from southern Jack County, Texas across northwestern Palo Pinto County into eastern Stephens County , as well as tiny parts of Young and Eastland counties. The region features a limestone substrate as opposed to sandstone, and has greater topographical relief and denser and different vegetation than other parts of

1092-640: The football field house. McLoud is served by the McLoud Public Library, which is part of the Pioneer Library System . The State Librarian of California from 1951 to 1972, Carma Leigh , was born near McLoud. As the "Blackberry Capital of the World", McLoud is home to the annual Blackberry Festival sponsored by the McLoud Chamber of Commerce. The festival began in the 1940s as a celebration of

1131-486: The frontier. Numerous roads cross this region, including US 70 in Oklahoma and I-20 , I-30 , US 67 , US 81 , US 82 , US 180 , US 183 , US 281 , US 287 , and US 380 in Texas. A fairly narrow strip dividing the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers, the Grand Prairie differs in physiography , topography , and land use from both of these, as it is much more nearly level and better suited to agriculture . It includes

1170-515: The great prairies, being a continuous brushy strip, composed of various kinds of undergrowth ; such as black-jack, post-oaks, and in some places hickory, elm, etc., intermixed with a very diminutive dwarf oak, called by the hunters, " shin-oak ." Most of the timber appears to be kept small by the continual inroads of the "burning prairies;" for, being killed almost annually, it is constantly replaced by scions of undergrowth; so that it becomes more and more dense every reproduction. In some places, however,

1209-468: The oaks are of considerable size, and able to withstand the conflagrations. The Underwood is so matted in many places with grapevines, green-briars, etc., as to form almost impenetrable "roughs," which serve as hiding-places for wild beasts, as well as wild Indians; and would, in savage warfare, prove almost as formidable as the hammocks of Florida . Robert Neighbors and Rip Ford reached the "Cross Timbers, two parallel strips of timber region that ran down

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1248-559: The post office name was corrected in October 1895. The town incorporated July 7, 1896. The town was an agricultural center for much of its history. By the start of the 21st Century, it had become a bedroom community , with many of its residents commuting to work in other towns. In 1949, the city was recognized as the "Blackberry Capital of the World" when the Chamber of Commerce sent a crate of blackberries to President Harry S. Truman . McLoud

1287-669: The region a gently to moderately rolling topography , including some cuestas . Although local relief is relatively low, it is generally greater than that in the surrounding ecoregions, although this is not the case with the Flint Hills in Kansas. Ecologically , the EPA includes the Cross Timbers as part of the vast Great Plains , which comprise Level I Ecoregion 9.0, stretching from central Alberta in Canada to northern Mexico . More specifically,

1326-498: The region are I-35 and I-35W going north to south (although they tend to skirt the Cross Timbers' eastern fringe south of Fort Worth) and I-40 going east to west. Numerous U.S. Highways also cross the area. I-35 means a portion of Austin and Travis County is also included in the Cross Timbers. The Cross Timbers are defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Ecoregion 29,

1365-575: The region; indeed, the town of Newcastle in Young County was named after the English city of the same name due to the coal connection. In the mid-to-late 19th century, Comanche Indians occupied this area, and it became a flash point for conflict between various groups of white settlers, the Comanche, and the U.S. Cavalry ; Forts Belknap and Richardson were built in the area to protect this part of

1404-657: The surrounding regions west (drier) and east (wetter) has to do with the dry line which separates humid air from the Gulf of Mexico from the dry air of the Llano Estacado , the Texas Panhandle , and the High Plains . The thick growth formed an almost impenetrable barrier for early American explorers and travelers. Washington Irving , in 1835, described it as "like struggling through forests of cast iron." Rachel Plummer , while

1443-606: The towns of Weatherford and Mineral Wells ; Stephenville lies on the eastern fringe, while Brownwood is on the western edge. The part of this region north of I-20 is sometimes colloquially referred to as the Palo Pinto Mountains ; the hills are isolated, rugged, and scenic, with spectacular bluffs along the Brazos River as it flows through the region. Coal mining has historically been an important activity, as bituminous coal deposits are found throughout

1482-515: Was $ 32,475, and the median income for a family was $ 37,138. Males had a median income of $ 30,431 versus $ 20,667 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 12,774. About 11.6% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.5% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over. The United States Postal Service operates the McLoud Post Office. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections operates

1521-403: Was that of these regions." Josiah Gregg described the Cross Timbers in 1845 as varying in width from five to thirty miles and attributed their denseness to the continual burning of the prairies. The Cross Timbers vary in width from five to thirty miles, and entirely cut off the communication betwixt the interior prairies and those of the great plains. They may be considered as the "fringe" of

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