Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma
Townsite planned on Rock Island Railroad survey by
Inter-State Land & Town Co. in 1900.
Rock Island Railroad built through Oklahoma Panhandle 1901.
Town founded as Sanford Post Office 14 June 1901, changed to
Guymon Post Office on 29 June 1901, after E.T. Guymon,
President, Inter-State Land & Town Co. and owner of
Star Mercantile, town's first store.
Townsite plat and deed filed 1904.
Guymon incorporated 1905, validated by special act of
First State Legislature 1908
Early Guymon was in Beaver County.
In 1907 old Beaver County split into three counties:
Beaver, Texas, and Cimarron Counties.
Guymon was designated Texas County Seat in 1907,
Present county courthouse built 1928.
Erected on the occasion of Guymon's Centennial Celebration
Marker can be reached from the intersection of U.S. 412 and U.S. 54.
Courtesy hmdb.org
