Hough, Oklahoma

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Hough
Unincorporated community
Hough is located in Oklahoma
Hough
Hough
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Coordinates: 36°52′15″N 101°34′38″W / 36.87083°N 101.57722°W / 36.87083; -101.57722Coordinates: 36°52′15″N 101°34′38″W / 36.87083°N 101.57722°W / 36.87083; -101.57722[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyTexas
Elevation
[1]
3,284 ft (1,001 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Hough is a small unincorporated rural community in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States, north-northwest of Guymon.[2] The townsite was officially platted on July 20, 1928. The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad built through the area in the 1929-1930 timeframe,[3] and Hough was purposely sited along its route.[4] That trackage was abandoned in 1972,[5] 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.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hough, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "Hough, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Texas County". Dianna Everett, Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad". AbandonedRails.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Hough Wood-frame Elevator". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  • Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2


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