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History · Hough

1 of Hough’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Hough Woodframe Elevator. Most of Hough was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1973 on.

1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hough’s past

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How Hough came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hough.

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The townsite was officially platted on July 20, 1928. The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad 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 National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma.

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On the map

Hough on the map, 1973 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hough. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hough on the 1973 USGS mapHough on the 1982 USGS map1973Hough sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hough.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Hough

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Hough Woodframe Elevator
Hough Woodframe Elevator
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Hough Woodframe ElevatorBuilding · listed 1983

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Hough’s history

What is on the National Register in Hough?

One place: the Hough Woodframe Elevator (listed 1983).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.