Hough, Oklahoma
Appearance
Hough, Oklahoma | |
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Coordinates: 36°52′15″N 101°34′38″W / 36.87083°N 101.57722°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Texas |
Area | |
• Total | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
• Land | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 3,284 ft (1,001 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 20 |
• Density | 289.86/sq mi (112.03/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
FIPS code | 40-36115 |
Hough is a small unincorporated rural community in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States, north-northwest of Guymon.[3] The population was 20 at the time of the 2020 census.[4]
History
[edit]The townsite was officially platted on July 20, 1928. The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad built through the area in the 1929-1930 timeframe,[5] and Hough was purposely sited along its route.[6] That trackage was abandoned in 1972,[7] but the Hough Woodframe Elevator, which was situated along the tracks, still exists and is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma.[8]
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 20 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hough, Oklahoma
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Hough, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Hough (CDP), Oklahoma". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ "Construction Strategies of Railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle". Donovan L. Hofsommer, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 58, No 1, Spring 1980, pp. 82-89. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "Texas County". Dianna Everett, Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad". AbandonedRails.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Hough Wood-frame Elevator". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2