Beckham County, Oklahoma

Beckham County is a county in Oklahoma. The population of the county is 22,119.
Beckham County 	Oklahoma
Founded 	November 16, 1907
Named for 	J. C. W. Beckham
County seat 	Sayre
Largest city 	Elk City
Population 	22,119
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. District 	3rd
County Guildmaster	Sam Scott
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 Business
US Route 283
Oklahoma State Highway 6
Oklahoma State Highway 30
Oklahoma State Highway 34
Oklahoma State Highway 55
Oklahoma State Highway 152
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Washita County (east)
Roger Mills County (north)
Custer County (northeast)
Harmon County (south)
Collingsworth County, Texas (southwest)
Wheeler County, Texas (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
76.60% White (16,943)
15.20% Hispanic or Latino (3,362)
4.80% Other (1,062)
3.40% Black or African American (752)
10.8% (2,388) of Beckham County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Beckham County has below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 6 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.84 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-25%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-12%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-75%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-57%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-30%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-50%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-30%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-55%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-15%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-20%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-66%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-75%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-65%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-52%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-77%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-75%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-60%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-77%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-10%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1-3%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-78%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-63%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-45%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-75%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-30%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-15%
Emboar 	Farmland	1%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-75%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-45%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-25%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-75%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-59%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-70%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-76%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Elk City - 11,693
Erick - 1,052
Sayre - 4,375
=== Towns ===
Carter - 256
Sweetwater - 87 (partly in Roger Mills County)
Texola - 36
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Delhi
Hext
Mayfield
Retrop
Taylor
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	28 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	7 inches
Average yearly sunny days	248
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	9 (Very High)
Blizzard risk 	2 (Low)
== Fun facts ==
* In 1910, a piece of southern Beckham County was returned to Greer County. The Gannett survey of 1927-1929 found that the true 100th Meridian, the boundary between Texas and western Oklahoma, was 3,800 feet (1,200 m) farther east than previously thought. The US Supreme Court ruled that the strip of land must be returned to Texas, thereby reducing Beckham County's area slightly.
* The county economy has been based mainly on farming and raising livestock. The major crops have been cotton, wheat, alfalfa, kafir, milo maize, and broomcorn. Mineral industries have occasionally been significant. In the early 20th century, there was some salt production. A limited amount of oil and gas production began in the 1920s.
* Magnolia Service Station in Texola is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was placed on the list in 1995. The station was built in 1930, by the Magnolia Petroleum Company on US Route 66.
* It was dying anyway, but Texola's last nail in the coffin really was the decommissioning of Route 66 in 1985.
* The only activity taking place in and around Hext is horse breeding and farming.
* Elk City is the birthplace and hometown of retired female NASCAR driver Naomi Maxwell.
* Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, was poorly received locally. According to Erick city clerk Nyla Tennery, "I can remember plainly when the book came out my parents and other people who stayed here were just real upset. That book gave all Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma people a shiftless, bad name, like that was the only kind of people who were here."
* Erick was home to two of Country music's more idiosyncratic performers. Sheb Wooley, the actor, songwriter, and singer who recorded the saga of the "one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater" was born there in 1921. Roger Miller, country superstar and author of "King of the Road," "Dang Me," "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd," and many others, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but grew up in Erick from the age of three (when asked by an interviewer where Erick was near, Miller wryly replied, "It's close to extinction.") Herbert Mayfield, one of the Mayfield Brothers of West Texas, was born in Erick but moved to Dimmitt, Texas, when he was ten years of age.
* A Love's truck stop is located in Erick off of Exit 7 along Interstate 40. Haddock Field is located to the southwest of town.
* Once Democrat-leaning years ago, Beckham County is now powerfully Republican like most of Oklahoma these days.
Category:Oklahoma Counties