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Beckham County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Founded
- November 16, 1907
- Named after
- J. C. W. Beckham
- Seat
- Sayre
- Largest city
- Elk City
- Total
- 904 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Land
- 902 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,159
- Density
- 24.8/sq mi (9.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- beckham .okcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- J. C. W. Beckham
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Sayre
- Capital
- Sayre
- Population
- 22410
- Area
- 2342
- Shares border with
- Custer County
- Official website
- beckham.okcounties.org
- Image
- Beckham County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7724
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- Commons category
- Beckham County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Beckham County, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1907-07-16
- native label
- Beckham County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- per capita income
- 23299
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Encyclopedic overview
Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,410. Its county seat is Sayre. Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. Beckham County comprises the Elk City, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beckham County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.