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The City of Guymon, Oklahoma serves as the seat of Texas County, Oklahoma. The population was 10,472 at the 2000 census. Guymon is located at 36.685383, -101.479582, and sits at an elevation of 3,126 feet (953 meters). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.0 km² (7.3 mi²). 18.9 km² (7.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.27%) is water.

In the 1890s, Edward T. “E.T.” Guymon purchased a section of land west of the Beaver River. The site grew very rapidly after the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway began to pass through it after 1901. The town, first named “Sanford,” was later renamed “Guymon” by railroad officials in order to avoid confusion with the town of Stratford, Texas, which was further down the line. Guymon incorporated in 1901.

The Pioneer Days Celebration and Rodeo has offered tributes to the community’s pioneer spirit every May since the 1930s. The hamlet of Goodwell, Oklahoma, home of Oklahoma Panhandle State University, lies 11 miles to the southwest. The city once had scheduled air service.

The city's largest employer, a pork processing plant, processes 16,000 hogs daily, and its 2,300 employees make up about 20% of the entire city's population.

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