Hough is a small unincorporated rural community in Texas County,

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, United States, north-northwest of Guymon. The population was 20 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

The townsite was officially platted on July 20, 1928. The

Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E) extended from Beaver, Oklahoma to Keyes, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle, about 105 miles. It was chartered in 1912, and abandoned in 1972. History The BM&E started as an effort by the citizens ...

built through the area in the 1929-1930 timeframe, and Hough was purposely sited along its route. That trackage was abandoned in 1972, but the Hough Woodframe Elevator, which was situated along the tracks, still exists and is on the

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Demographics

References

*Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Oklahoma Panhandle {{Oklahoma-geo-stub