Hext is an
unincorporated rural community in
Beckham County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, United States. The town was named after a local resident, William Hext.
[Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names'', Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.73.] It is located between
Interstate 40 and
Interstate 40 Business Route (the former
US Route 66
U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The h ...
).
History and economy
Settlement in the general area of Hext occurred when the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), known informally as the "Choctaw Route," was an American railroad in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The company, originally known as the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, completed its main li ...
(later the
Rock Island Railroad) built a line west through the area.
Hext had a post office between June 4, 1901, and November 29, 1902.
[ This was along the last section of Route 66 to lose its designation to Interstate 40, in 1975.][
On the western side of the village, on the south side of Route 66 is an old stone building belonging to a filling station whose service bay was reconverted into a house after the pumps were removed.][
There are no businesses in this area. The major economic activities in the area are horse breeding and farming.
]
References
Unincorporated communities in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Ghost towns on U.S. Route 66
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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