Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Maud, OK

Maud is a city that straddles the boundary between Pottawatomie and Seminole counties in Oklahoma — the western two-thirds in Pottawatomie County and the eastern third in Seminole County.

Maud was established by 1890 on the dividing line between Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, and in 1890 a barbed-wire fence was built along what is now Broadway, running from the North Canadian River to the Canadian River.

Maud was named for Maud Stearns, a sister of the wives of the two men who owned the town's first general store.

Maud's post office was established on April 16, 1896, and the city was incorporated on July 21, 1905.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway built a station at Maud in 1903, and the town's first newspaper, the Maud Monitor, appeared in 1904.

Maud became an oil boom town in the early 1920s, when its population was estimated at 10,000, though the boom was short-lived and only 4,326 people remained by the 1930 census.

Maud was chartered as a city in 1927, at the height of its oil-era growth.

Maud covers just 1.0 square mile of land, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Maud's population was 867 in the 2020 census, down from 1,048 in 2010 and 1,136 in 2000 — a fraction of its 1920s boom peak.

Maud is served by its own public school district, Maud Public Schools, whose teams are the Tigers.