After the opening of Cherokee Outlet in 1893, homesteaders made efforts that resulted in the town of Mooreland.

They and others realized the agricultural potential of the area and the possibility of immense crop production.

An error occurred when an extra "o" inadvertently crept into the name on the official plat and registration.

In March 1902, the government established the first Mooreland post office with F. M. Jones as first appointed postmaster.

An agricultural service center within a few years of its founding, the community supported four stores, two liveries, three grain elevators, a feed mill, saloons, restaurants, hotels, and medical personnel.

A minor oil boom occurred around the time of World War I. Mooreland began smaller than Woodward, Curtis, and Quinlan, Oklahoma.

The community includes a school district, six churches, a newspaper, an airport, farmers cooperative and elevators, and several dozen retail and service businesses necessary for survival of the town.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.