Hough, Oklahoma

Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States
36°52′15″N 101°34′38″W / 36.87083°N 101.57722°W / 36.87083; -101.57722[1]CountryUnited StatesStateOklahomaCountyTexasArea
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 • Total0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) • Land0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)Elevation
[1]
3,284 ft (1,001 m)Population
 (2020)
 • Total20 • Density289.86/sq mi (112.03/km2)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code40-36115

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

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

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202020—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hough, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hough, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hough (CDP), Oklahoma". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Texas County". Dianna Everett, Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad". AbandonedRails.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Hough Wood-frame Elevator". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "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
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