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Texas County, Oklahoma
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. 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.Everett, Diann"Texas County,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015. 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. 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. History Texas County was formed at O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coldwater Creek (Oklahoma)
Coldwater Creek is an intermittently-flowing stream in northeastern New Mexico, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. As far back as 1907, the USGS reported that Coldwater Creek is a dry sand bed most of the year. One source says that Coldwater Creek is also known as Rabbit Ears Creek, because it rises near Rabbit Ears, a pair of mountain peaks in Union County, New Mexico. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coldwater Creek drains an area of . Stream course From New Mexico, it enters the south-west corner of Cimarron County, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle. It passes easterly through Dallam, Sherman, and Hansford counties in the Texas Panhandle. Returning into the Oklahoma Panhandle, the course passes through the Optima National Wildlife Refuge, before joining the Beaver River in Texas County, Oklahoma Texas County is a County (United States), county located in Oklahoma Panhandle, the panhandle of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton County, Kansas
Morton County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Elkhart. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,701. The county was named after Oliver Morton, the 14th governor of the state of Indiana. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. 19th century In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1848, after the Mexican–American War, the territorial gain in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Cimarron County is the westernmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Boise City, Oklahoma, Boise City. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 2,296, making it the least-populous county in Oklahoma; and indeed, throughout most of its history, it has had both the smallest population and the lowest population density of any county in Oklahoma. Located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Cimarron County contains the only community in the state (Kenton, Oklahoma, Kenton) that observes the Mountain Time Zone. Black Mesa (Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico), Black Mesa, the highest point in the state, is in the northwest corner of the county. The Cimarron County community of Regnier, Oklahoma, Regnier has the distinction of being the driest spot in Oklahoma ranked by lowest annual average precipitation, at just 15.62 inches; at the same time, Boise City is the snowiest location in Oklahoma ranked by highest annual aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman County, Texas
Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,782. Its county seat is Stratford. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. It is named for Sidney Sherman, who fought in the Texas Revolution. Though both Sherman County and Sherman, Texas, are named for the same person, the city of Sherman is located in Grayson County, about 430 miles to the southeast. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (0.02%) is covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 54 * U.S. Highway 287 * State Highway 15 Adjacent counties * Texas County, Oklahoma (north) * Hansford County (east) * Moore County (south) * Dallam County (west) * Cimarron County, Oklahoma (northwest) * Hartley County (southwest) * Hutchinson County (southeast) Demographics As of the census of 2000, 3,186 people, 1,124 households, and 865 families resided in the county. The population dens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansford County, Texas
Hansford County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 5,285. Its county seat is Spearman, Texas, Spearman. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. It is named for John M. Hansford, a Texas state congressman and judge. History Native Americans In 1873, England, English brothers James Hamilton Cator and Arthur J. L. (Bob) Cator were sent by their father, British naval officer Captain John Bertie Cator, to Kansas in search of financial opportunity. The brothers soon found their true calling as Buffalo Hunters' War, buffalo hunters and established an outpost along the North Palo Duro Creek. They named this camp Zulu, and it soon became known as Zulu Stockade. The depletion of the buffalo herds led in part to the ongoing conflict between Indians and settlers. The Second Battle of Adobe Walls took place in neighboring Hutchinson County, Texas, Hutchinson County in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochiltree County, Texas
Ochiltree County ( ) is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,015. The county seat is Perryton. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. and is named for William Beck Ochiltree, who was an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. It was previously one of 30 prohibition or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , almost all land, and (0.06%) is covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 83 * State Highway 15 * State Highway 70 Adjacent counties * Texas County, Oklahoma (north) * Beaver County, Oklahoma (northeast) * Lipscomb County (east) * Roberts County (south) * Hansford County (west) * Hemphill County (southeast) Demographics As of the census of 2000, 9,006 people, 3,261 households, and 2,488 families were residing in the county. The population density was . The 3,769 housing uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward County, Kansas
Seward County is a county of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Liberal. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 21,964. The county was formed on March 20, 1873, and named after William Seward, a politician and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. History For millennia, the Great Plains of North America were inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1873, Seward County was established, although it was administered from one of several neighboring counties until the county commissioners of Finney County organized Seward County as a municipal township of Finney County on June 10, 1885, with the temporary seat of government at Sunset City. The township was divided into two voting precincts - one headquartered at Sunset City and the other at Fargo Springs. The county was organized on June 17, 1886, with Governor John A. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens County, Kansas
Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Hugoton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,250. The county is named for Thaddeus Stevens, a Reconstruction era Pennsylvania politician. History In 1886, Stevens County was established. The first settlers came from McPherson, Kansas in 1885, originally naming their town Hugo after Victor Hugo, before changing it to Hugoton. Other early towns included Lafayette, founded by Quakers in 1886, and Moscow, established in 1887. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, a violent " county seat war" raged between Hugoton, which had been designated the temporary county seat, and Woodsdale. Incidents included arrests, kidnappings, and killings. The conflict culminated in the July 25, 1888, murder of Sheriff Cross of Woodsdale and three of his men in the Hay Meadow Massacre by Sam Robinson of Hugoton and his supporters. Robinson fled and was never tried for the murders. The issue was even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardesty, Oklahoma
Hardesty is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town’s population was 205. History The original Hardesty was four miles northeast of the present community. It had a post office in 1887, with the name honoring A.J. "Jack" Hardesty, who had interests in the area. However, the Rock Island railroad bypassed the town in 1901 and created the locale that became Guymon, Oklahoma. Most of Hardesty’s residents and businesses relocated to Guymon, and the original town withered. When a second Rock Island line later came through the county near the old Hardesty in 1929, a new community along the route was named Hardesty at the insistence of locals. However, growth of the new Hardesty was stunted by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The town nevertheless incorporated in 1947 and remains in place, complete with a post office and a school district covering 250 square miles. Geography Hardesty is just south of the Coldwater Creek arm of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma Department Of Wildlife Conservation
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is an agency of the state of Oklahoma responsible for managing and protecting Oklahoma's wildlife population and their habitats. The Department is under the control of the Wildlife Conservation Commission, an 8-member board appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. All members serve eight-year terms. The Commission, in turn, appoints a Director to serve as the chief administrative officer of the Department. The current Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation is Wade Free. The Department was created in 1956 during the term of Governor Raymond D. Gary by an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution The Constitution of the State of Oklahoma is the governing document of the United States, U.S. State of Oklahoma. Adopted in 1907, Oklahoma ratified the United States Constitution on November 16, 1907, as the 46th U.S. state. At its ratificatio .... History The Department in its curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optima National Wildlife Refuge
Located in the middle of the Oklahoma panhandle, the Optima National Wildlife Refuge is made up of grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...s and wooded bottomland on the Coldwater Creek arm of the Optima Lake project. The 8,062-acre Optima Wildlife Management Area, an Oklahoma state-managed hunting area, sits adjacent on the Beaver River arm of the Optima Lake project. ReferencesRefuge website Wildlife Management Area website National Wildlife Refuges in Oklahoma Protected areas of Texas County, Oklahoma Protected areas established in 1975 1975 establishments in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
