Editing Texas County, Oklahoma

{{short description|County in Oklahoma, United States}}
{{distinguish|Texas County, Missouri}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Texas County
 | state                = Oklahoma
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1907
 | founded date         = 
 | seat wl              = Guymon
 | largest city wl      = Guymon
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 2049
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 2041
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 7.4
 | area percentage      = 0.4%
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 21384
 | census estimate yr   = 
 | pop                  = 
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | named for            = [[Texas]]
 | district             = 3rd
 | web                  = https://texas.okcounties.org
 | time zone            = Central
 | ex image             = Texas County, Oklahoma courthouse from NE 1.JPG
 | ex image cap         = [[Texas County Courthouse]] in [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]] (2012)
}}

'''Texas County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in [[Oklahoma Panhandle|the panhandle]] of the U.S. state of [[Oklahoma]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 21,384.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas County, Oklahoma|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Texas_County,_Oklahoma?g=050XX00US40139|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> It is the second largest county in Oklahoma, based on land area, and is named for [[Texas]], the state that adjoins the county to its south.<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo">Everett, Dianna.[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TE021 "Texas County,"] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015.</ref>
Texas County comprises the Guymon, OK [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].
The county economy is largely based on farming and cattle production. It is one of the top-producing counties in the U.S. for wheat, cattle, and hogs. It also lies within the noted Hugoton-Panhandle natural gas field.<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/>

Being 50.6% Hispanic, Texas is also Oklahoma's only [[List of Majority-Hispanic or Latino Counties in the U.S.|Hispanic-majority county]] as of 2020.<ref name="2020Hispanic">{{cite web |title=P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=P2%3A%20HISPANIC%20OR%20LATINO,%20AND%20NOT%20HISPANIC%20OR%20LATINO%20BY%20RACE&g=0100000US%240500000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2&hidePreview=true |website=2020 Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 10, 2021 }}</ref>

==History==
Texas County was formed at Oklahoma statehood (November 16, 1907) from the central one-third of "Old Beaver County". When the formation of the county was authorized by the Constitutional Convention of 1907, the county was so named because it was wholly included within the limits of the Texas Cession of 1850, whereby the ownership of the area was passed from the State of Texas to the United States government. From 1850 to 1890, its lands were never attached to any state or territory, never surveyed, and never divided into townships and sections like the [[List of counties in Oklahoma|eastern counties were]]. From 1890 to 1907, it was part of [[Beaver County, Oklahoma|Beaver County]].<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2049|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2041|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|7.4|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_40.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the second-largest county in Oklahoma by area. The county lies in the [[High Plains (United States)|High Plains]] of the [[Great Plains]] physiographic region. It is generally flat, but has some rolling hills. It is drained by the [[North Canadian River]], often called the [[Beaver River (Oklahoma)|Beaver River]] in this area. Tributaries of the river are [[Coldwater Creek (Oklahoma)|Coldwater]], Hackberry, Goff, Teepee, and Pony Creeks.<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/>

For tourism purposes, the county's location in [[Northwest Oklahoma]] puts it in the area designated by the [[Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation|Oklahoma Department of Tourism]] as '''Red Carpet Country'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.travelok.com/maps | title= Counties & Regions | publisher= Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (Travel Promotion Division) | access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Optima Lake]] project, including [[Optima National Wildlife Refuge]], and the Optima Wildlife Management Area being public hunting lands managed by the [[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation]], is {{convert|2|miles|km}} north of [[Hardesty, Oklahoma]].<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Stevens County, Kansas]] (north)
* [[Seward County, Kansas]] (northeast)
* [[Beaver County, Oklahoma|Beaver County]] (east)
* [[Ochiltree County, Texas]] (southeast)
* [[Hansford County, Texas]] (south)
* [[Sherman County, Texas]] (southwest)
* [[Cimarron County, Oklahoma|Cimarron County]] (west)
* [[Morton County, Kansas]] (northwest)

Texas County is one of four counties in the United States to border the state with which it shares its name (the other three are [[Nevada County, California]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]], and [[Ohio County, West Virginia]]).

===National protected area===
* [[Optima National Wildlife Refuge]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 14249
|1920= 13975
|1930= 14100
|1940= 9896
|1950= 14235
|1960= 14162
|1970= 16352
|1980= 17727
|1990= 16419
|2000= 20107
|2010= 20640
|2020= 21384
|estyear=2021
|estimate=20865
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ok190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40139.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606160049/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40139.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

As of the 2010 census, there were 20,640 people, 7,212 households, and 5,147 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|4|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. There were 8,208 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the county was 75.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 16.9% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.8% from two or more races. 42.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race (34.3% [[Mexican American|Mexican]], 3.5% [[Guatemalan American|Guatemalan]], 0.7% [[Cuban American|Cuban]], 0.7% [[Spanish American|Spanish]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=American FactFinder – Results |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American FactFinder – Results |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP10&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212055907/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP10&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> 65.7% spoke [[American English|English]] and 33.1% [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=American FactFinder – Results |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP02&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211016/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP02&prodType=table |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> As of 2020, its population was 21,384.<ref name="QF" />

In 2010, there were 7,153 households, out of which 39.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.60% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.19. In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.80% under the age of 18, 12.70% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 19.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 105.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,872, and the median income for a family was $42,226. Males had a median income of $26,991 versus $20,404 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,692. About 10.20% of families and 14.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.80% of those under age 18 and 7.40% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of June 30, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf|title=Oklahoma Registration Statistics by County|date=January 15, 2019|website=OK.gov|access-date=February 27, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717212721/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 1,535
| align = center | 17.71%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 5,423
| align = center | 62.57%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Others
| align = center | 1,709
| align = center | 19.72%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 8,667
! align = center | 100%
|}
The county has been consistently Republican since 1952. No Democratic presidential candidate has received more than 20% of the vote in the 21st century.

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{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,964|1,084|40|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,139|1,408|544|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,059|1,487|1,434|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,971|1,717|64|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,968|1,033|38|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,503|1,451|145|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,919|2,591|70|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,726|924|287|Oklahoma}}
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{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,339|2,500|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,314|1,549|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,320|1,886|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,196|1,915|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,676|2,693|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,731|2,119|20|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,918|2,831|28|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,223|3,229|19|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,372|4,033|0|Oklahoma}}
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{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,745|1,812|405|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,762|1,398|135|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|807|1,349|313|Oklahoma}}
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==Economy==
[[File:Map of states and counties affected by the Dust Bowl, sourced from US federal government dept. (NRCS SSRA-RAD).svg|thumb|right|Area affected by 1930s [[Dust Bowl]]]]
Cattle raising was the most important economic activity before and after statehood. Farming rose in importance after the 1890s. Despite the occurrence of the [[Dust Bowl]] these two sectors have recovered and prospered. By 1990, Texas County led the state in producing grain [[sorghum]]s, with 4.2&nbsp;million bushels, or one-quarter of the state's harvest, and was the state's fourth-largest wheat-producing county, harvesting 10.3&nbsp;million bushels. By 1997 it was the state's top producer of both hogs and cattle.<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/> 
Texas County was the fifth-ranked county in the entire nation in 2017 for the number of hogs produced (1,094,877),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.porkbusiness.com/news/hog-production/americas-top-20-pig-counties |title=America's Top 20 Pig Counties|publisher=Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal, July 23, 2019|accessdate=July 31, 2022}}</ref> and pork producer [[Seaboard Corporation|Seaboard Foods]] is the county's primary employer.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://okpolicy.org/what-this-panhandle-county-tells-us-about-the-future-of-oklahoma/ |title=What this panhandle county tells us about the future of Oklahoma|publisher=Oklahoma Policy Institute, May 2, 2019|accessdate=July 31, 2022}}</ref>

Petroleum exploration began in 1922 and resulted in natural gas production from the [[Hugoton Gas Field]]. The county remains the nation's largest producer of natural gas. Four [[carbon black]] plants operated near Optima from the mid-1930s through the 1940s.<ref name="EOHC-TexasCo"/>  The field extends from [[Hugoton, Kansas]] into the Texas Panhandle.

The 2000 MW Windcatcher wind farm project, consisting of 800 wind turbines from GE and a high voltage [[Alternating current|AC]] power line, was proposed for Texas County and adjacent [[Cimarron County]], but ran into opposition and was finally cancelled in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title='It feels good to breathe again': Local opponents respond to news of Wind Catcher project cancellation after failed Texas vote|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/it-feels-good-to-breathe-again-local-opponents-respond-to/article_d8bd367e-7960-500d-b3e9-56e6d5fc73cd.html|last=Bostian|first=Kelly|date=July 27, 2018|publisher=Tulsa World|access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
The Oklahoma Legislature created the Pan-Handle Agricultural Institute in 1909, offering secondary agricultural education for the Panhandle area. In 1921, the legislature changed the name to Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College and authorized the school to offer a two-year curriculum. In 1925, the State Board of Agriculture authorized upper division college courses, and in 1926, junior and senior level courses were added. The school name has been changed twice since then, to Oklahoma Panhandle State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (OPSU) in 1967 and to [[Oklahoma Panhandle State University]] in 1974.<ref>[http://www.blogoklahoma.us Oklahoma Panhandle State University] Retrieved February 16, 2014.</ref> The school is in [[Goodwell, Oklahoma|Goodwell]].

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:US 54.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 54#Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 54]]
* [[Image:US 56.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 56#Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 56]]
* [[Image:US 64.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 64 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 64]]
* [[Image:US 412.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 412 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 412]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 3.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 3 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 3]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 94.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 94 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 94]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 95.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 95 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 95]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 136.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 136 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 136]]
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===Airports===
[[Guymon Municipal Airport]] is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7&nbsp;km) west of the central business district of [[Guymon, Oklahoma|City of Guymon]] in Texas County.

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]] (county seat)
* [[Hooker, Oklahoma|Hooker]]

===Towns===
* [[Goodwell, Oklahoma|Goodwell]]
* [[Hardesty, Oklahoma|Hardesty]]
* [[Optima, Oklahoma|Optima]]
* [[Texhoma, Oklahoma|Texhoma]] (divided town with [[Texhoma, Texas]])
* [[Tyrone, Oklahoma|Tyrone]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Adams, Oklahoma|Adams]]
* [[Baker, Oklahoma|Baker]]
* [[Eva, Oklahoma|Eva]]
* [[Four Corners, Texas County, Oklahoma|Four Corners]]
* [[Hough, Oklahoma|Hough]]
* [[Mouser, Oklahoma|Mouser]]
* [[Muncy, Oklahoma|Muncy]]
* Straight
* Yarborough
* Hitchland (partially in Texas)
* Nabisco Township (no longer exists, 1910 census)<ref>1910 Census</ref>

==NRHP sites==
{{Main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma}}
The following are included among the twenty-four sites in Texas County listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

{|
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* [[Adams Woodframe Grain Elevator]], Adams (since condemned and burned)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfor.com/news/iconic-leaning-elevator-in-oklahoma-panhandle-is-demolished/ |title= Iconic leaning elevator in Oklahoma panhandle is demolished |publisher=K. Querry, KFOR-TV, August 22, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Baker Woodframe Grain Elevator]], Baker
* Eva Woodframe Grain Elevator, Eva
* [[Franklin Hall (Goodwell, Oklahoma)|Franklin Hall]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20070914.HTM|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Goodwell, Oklahoma|Goodwell]]
* Easterwood Archeological Site, [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]]
* [[Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator]], [[Hooker, Oklahoma|Hooker]]
* Hough Woodframe Grain Elevator, [[Hough, Oklahoma|Hough]]
* [[CCC Ranch Headquarters]], [[Texhoma, Oklahoma|Texhoma]]
* Johnson-Kline Archeological Site, [[Texhoma, Oklahoma|Texhoma]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Oklahoma Panhandle]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Texas County, Oklahoma}}
* [https://texascountyok.org/ Texas County, Oklahoma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314191547/https://texascountyok.org/ |date=March 14, 2018 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013411/http://www.library.okstate.edu/okmaps/ Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Texas County, Oklahoma
|North     = [[Stevens County, Kansas]]
|Northeast = [[Seward County, Kansas]]
|East      = [[Beaver County, Oklahoma]]
|Southeast = [[Hansford County, Texas]]
|South     = [[Sherman County, Texas]]
|Southwest = [[Dallam County, Texas]]
|West      = [[Cimarron County, Oklahoma]]
|Northwest = [[Morton County, Kansas]]
}}

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