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Guymon (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ m ə n / GHY-mən) is a city and county seat of Texas County, in the panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,965, [3] an increase of 13.3% from 11,442 in 2010, and represents more than half of the population of the county, along with being the largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
To support the Guymon facility, Seaboard constructed feed mills in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. Guymon eventually opened in 1996. Guymon eventually opened in 1996. The $110 million plant had the capacity to process over four million hogs annually, employing more than 1,000 workers, utilizing two shifts.
1964: Tom and Judy Love launch the Musket chain with a gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma. 1972: The first Country Store opens in Guymon, Oklahoma. 1978: Love's Country Stores Inc. is established. 1981: The first Travel Stop opens in Amarillo, Texas. 1986: The company is renamed Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
Oklahoma grocery store magnate Sylvan Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1936 — and went on to become a shopping-cart manufacturer and benefactor of many Oklahoma charities and institutions.
Texas County is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Its county seat is Guymon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,384. [1] 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. [2]
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. [5]
KBIJ (99.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Guymon, Oklahoma. The station is owned by Oralia Cowan, through licensee OMI Oilfield Investments, LLC. It airs a Regional Mexican format to the far northern Perryton, Texas. History
Four Corners is an unincorporated community in western Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is located at the western US-64/412/State Highway 3 - SH-95 junction in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Eva is two miles to the north and Guymon is located 22 miles to the east-southeast. [2]