{"id":7106,"date":"2023-08-26T00:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7106"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:22","slug":"roger-mills-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/roger-mills-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Mills County, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Mills County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, on the Texas Panhandle border in the far west of the state. It had a population of 3,442 at the 2020 census and covers 1,141 square miles (2,960 km2) of land centred near 35\u00b041\u2032N 99\u00b042\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne is the county seat, and its postal code is 73628. The county has 4 incorporated towns and 6 unincorporated communities; there are no civil townships in Oklahoma. Roger Mills County observes Central time.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Roger Mills County<\/h2>\n<p>Roger Mills County has 4 incorporated towns and a scatter of unincorporated communities across its ranching country. CDP = Census-Designated Place; Unincorp. = an unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cheyenne<\/td>\n<td>Town &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hammon<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73650<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reydon<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strong City<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sweetwater<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Berlin<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crawford<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73638<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Durham<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grimes<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rankin<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roll<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73628<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hammon straddles the Roger Mills&ndash;Custer county line, with a small part of the town extending into Custer County, and Sweetwater similarly reaches across into Beckham County to the south. Dempsey, Carpenter, Herring, Mackie, Meridian, Hammon Junction and Rosehill are older place names or rail sidings without current post office standing and are not carried forward here for lack of a verifiable population or ZIP.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>73628 &mdash; Cheyenne (also serves Strong City, Berlin, Grimes, Rankin and Roll)<\/li>\n<li>73650 &mdash; Hammon<\/li>\n<li>73660 &mdash; Reydon<\/li>\n<li>73666 &mdash; Sweetwater<\/li>\n<li>73638 &mdash; Crawford<\/li>\n<li>73642 &mdash; Durham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of the county&#8217;s small unincorporated communities share Cheyenne&#8217;s 73628 ZIP rather than carrying their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Roger Mills County sits in the red-dirt canyon country of the Washita River valley, on the western edge of Oklahoma&#8217;s Panhandle-adjacent plains. The Washita River crosses the county west to east, and the terrain rolls from shortgrass prairie into the gypsum bluffs and mesas typical of the western Oklahoma badlands. Of the county&#8217;s 1,146 square miles, 1,141 are land and 5.3 are water.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Mills County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ellis-county-oklahoma\/\">Ellis County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dewey-county\/\">Dewey County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/custer-county-oklahoma\/\">Custer County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/beckham-county\/\">Beckham County<\/a> to the south, and Wheeler County and Hemphill County across the state line in Texas to the southwest and northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 3,442 residents, making Roger Mills one of Oklahoma&#8217;s least-populated counties. Cheyenne and Hammon are the two largest communities. Median household income runs well below the Oklahoma median of $62,138, consistent with the county&#8217;s small, agriculture-dependent tax base. Population density is roughly 3 people per square mile.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Cattle ranching and wheat farming anchor the local economy, alongside oil and natural gas production from the Anadarko Basin&#8217;s Panhandle-Hugoton field, which underlies much of western Oklahoma. Cheyenne serves as the county&#8217;s commercial and government center, home to the Roger Mills County Courthouse. The Black Kettle National Grassland, a U.S. Forest Service unit spanning parts of Roger Mills and neighboring Custer counties, draws hunters and campers and is a locally significant piece of public land.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Roger Mills County was organized in 1891 out of unassigned Cherokee Outlet-era territory and named for Roger Q. Mills, a Confederate army officer who later served Texas in the U.S. House and Senate. The county&#8217;s defining historical event predates its formal organization: the November 1868 Battle of the Washita River, where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer&#8217;s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Cheyenne chief Black Kettle&#8217;s winter camp on the Washita, killing Black Kettle and dozens of others. The battle site, now the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, lies just across the county line near Cheyenne.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 283 runs north&ndash;south through Cheyenne, and State Highway 47 crosses the county east&ndash;west, the two main routes serving the area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elk City, Oklahoma &mdash; 30 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Woodward, Oklahoma &mdash; 45 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Clinton, Oklahoma &mdash; 45 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Amarillo, Texas &mdash; 100 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Clinton-Sherman Airport near Clinton, with fuller service available at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, roughly 130 miles east.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in far western Oklahoma, on the Texas Panhandle border, roughly 130 miles west of Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>3,442 people at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>1,141 square miles (2,960 km2) of land, one of the larger counties in Oklahoma by area despite its small population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>Cheyenne is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>Four incorporated towns &mdash; Cheyenne, Hammon, Reydon and Strong City &mdash; plus several unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Roger Mills County?<\/strong><br \/>73628 (Cheyenne), 73650 (Hammon), 73660 (Reydon), 73666 (Sweetwater), 73638 (Crawford) and 73642 (Durham).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened at the Washita Battlefield?<\/strong><br \/>In November 1868, the U.S. 7th Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer attacked Chief Black Kettle&#8217;s Cheyenne camp on the Washita River, just outside present-day Cheyenne.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/oklahoma\/\">Towns and villages in Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Mills County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, on the Texas Panhandle border in the far west of the state. It had a population of 3,442 at the 2020 census and covers 1,141 square miles (2,960 km2) of land centred near 35\u00b041\u2032N 99\u00b042\u2032W. 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