{"id":7116,"date":"2023-08-26T10:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7116"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:50","slug":"texas-county-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/texas-county-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas County, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, forming the middle third of the state&#8217;s narrow panhandle. It had a population of 21,384 at the 2020 census and covers 2,041 square miles (5,290 km2) of land, centred near 36\u00b045\u2032N 101\u00b029\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Guymon is the county seat, and its postal code is 73942. The county has 2 incorporated cities, 4 incorporated towns, and more than a dozen unincorporated communities and rail sidings. Texas County lies in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Texas County<\/h2>\n<p>Texas County has 6 incorporated places and a scatter of unincorporated communities and former rail-siding hamlets across its wheat, cattle, and hog country. The table below marks incorporated Cities and Towns; everything else is Unincorp.<\/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>Guymon<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>12,650<\/td>\n<td>73942<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hooker<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,753<\/td>\n<td>73945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Texhoma<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>888<\/td>\n<td>73949<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tyrone<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>802<\/td>\n<td>73951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goodwell<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,197<\/td>\n<td>73939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hardesty<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>178<\/td>\n<td>73944<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Optima<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adams<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Baker<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Doolin<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eva<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>73954<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hough<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hovey<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Libbey<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midway<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Muncy<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panoma<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Straight<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Unity<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Texhoma straddles the Oklahoma&ndash;Texas line: the Oklahoma side sits in Texas County, while a second Texhoma across the state line belongs to Sherman County, Texas &mdash; both share one ZIP code and one school district. Fluor and Mouser, carried on older lists, are abandoned rail sidings on the former Rock Island line with no surviving population and are omitted here.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>73942 &mdash; Guymon<\/li>\n<li>73945 &mdash; Hooker<\/li>\n<li>73949 &mdash; Texhoma (also serves the Texas side of the line)<\/li>\n<li>73951 &mdash; Tyrone<\/li>\n<li>73939 &mdash; Goodwell (also serves Optima)<\/li>\n<li>73944 &mdash; Hardesty<\/li>\n<li>73954 &mdash; Eva<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining unincorporated crossroads share ZIP codes with the nearest post-office town rather than carrying their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Texas County sits on the High Plains of the Oklahoma Panhandle, a flat, wind-swept tableland cut by the North Canadian River, which crosses the county&#8217;s eastern half, and by Coldwater Creek and the Beaver River drainage in the north. Elevation runs close to 3,000 feet, and the county&#8217;s High Plains aquifer supports the center-pivot irrigation visible across the wheat and corn ground.<\/p>\n<p>Texas County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/cimarron-county\/\">Cimarron County<\/a> to the west and Beaver County to the east, both also in the Oklahoma Panhandle. To the north, across the Kansas state line, lie <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/morton-county\/\">Morton County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/stevens-county\/\">Stevens County<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/seward-county\/\">Seward County<\/a>, Kansas. To the south, across the Texas Panhandle line, lie <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sherman-county-texas\/\">Sherman County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hansford-county\/\">Hansford County<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ochiltree-county\/\">Ochiltree County<\/a>, Texas.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Texas County had 21,384 residents at the 2020 census, concentrated in Guymon and Hooker, its two largest communities. The county is Oklahoma&#8217;s only Hispanic-majority county, at 50.6 percent Hispanic or Latino in the 2020 count, reflecting decades of migration tied to the meatpacking and feedlot economy. Median household income runs below the Oklahoma median of $62,138, typical for a rural panhandle county built on agricultural wage work. Population density is roughly 10 people per square mile.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture drives Texas County&#8217;s economy: the county ranks among the top wheat, cattle, and hog producers in the United States, and irrigated corn and milo have expanded alongside the traditional wheat-and-cattle base. Seaboard Foods operates a large hog-processing plant at Guymon, the county&#8217;s largest single employer, supported by a network of contract hog farms across the panhandle. Guymon also hosts Panhandle State University&#8217;s sister campus town of Goodwell, home to Oklahoma Panhandle State University, and Guymon&#8217;s annual Pioneer Days celebration draws visitors each May.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Texas County was created at Oklahoma statehood on November 16, 1907, carved from the No Man&#8217;s Land strip known as the Public Land Strip. It takes its name from the Texas Cession of 1850, the tract Texas surrendered to the federal government that became the Oklahoma Panhandle; the county lies wholly within that former cession. Farming and ranching brought steady settlement through the early 20th century, and the county weathered the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, when panhandle counties suffered some of the worst soil erosion in the nation before irrigation and soil-conservation programs stabilized agriculture.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Highway 54 and U.S. Highway 64 cross at Guymon, and U.S. Highway 287 runs along the county&#8217;s southeastern edge near Texhoma. Reference distances from Guymon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hooker &mdash; 18 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Texhoma &mdash; 33 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Liberal, Kansas &mdash; 35 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Amarillo, Texas &mdash; 115 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guymon Municipal Airport offers general aviation; the nearest commercial airport is Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Kansas, with fuller service available at Amarillo, Texas.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Texas County, Oklahoma?<\/strong><br \/>It occupies the middle section of the Oklahoma Panhandle, bordered by Kansas to the north and the Texas Panhandle to the south.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>21,384 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>2,041 square miles (5,290 km2) of land, Oklahoma&#8217;s second-largest county by land area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>Guymon, the county&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>Six incorporated places &mdash; the cities of Guymon and Hooker, and the towns of Texhoma, Tyrone, Goodwell, and Hardesty &mdash; plus a number of unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>Guymon&#8217;s 73942 and Hooker&#8217;s 73945 are the largest, alongside 73949 (Texhoma), 73951 (Tyrone), 73939 (Goodwell), 73944 (Hardesty), and 73954 (Eva).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is it called Texas County?<\/strong><br \/>It takes its name from the Texas Cession of 1850, the strip of land Texas gave up that became the Oklahoma Panhandle, and lies entirely within that former cession.<\/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>Texas County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, forming the middle third of the state&#8217;s narrow panhandle. It had a population of 21,384 at the 2020 census and covers 2,041 square miles (5,290 km2) of land, centred near 36\u00b045\u2032N 101\u00b029\u2032W. Guymon is the county seat, and its postal code is 73942. 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