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Projects:

Projects not researched yet:

  • Home Economics Building – Carter
  • Sewer Disposal Plant – Carter
  • Delhi Public School – Delhi
  • Delhi School Teacherages – Delhi
  • School Truck Shed – Delhi
  • Public School – Doxey
  • School Gym – Merrit
  • School Addition – Elk City
  • School Gym – Elk City
  • Hext School – Hext
  • Beckam County Court House Addition – Sayre
  • New Liberty Public School – Sayre (vic)
  • Agricultural Building – Sayre
  • Sweetwater School – Sweetwater
  • Texola School – Texola
  • Taylor School and Bus Garage – Unknown

Sources:

Beckham County Courthouse
302 E. Main St.
P.O. Box 520
Sayre, OK  73662
Telephone:  (580) 928-3383

Directions:  On N. 3rd St. and E. Main St.

Libraries in Beckham County

Elk City Carnegie Library
221 W. Broadway
Elk City, OK 73644
Telephone: (580) 225-0136

Erick Community Library 
200 S. Sheb Wooley
Erick, OK 73645
Telephone: (580) 526-3425

Sayre Public Library
113 E. Poplar
Sayre, OK 73662
Telephone: (580) 928-2641

Statistics

Beckham % on Relief Dec 31, 1934 30%
Land in Sq. Miles 1940 Total Population Percent of State
1920 1930 1940 Percent of Increase/Descrease
1920-1930 1930-1940 1920-1940 1920 1930 1940
898 18,989 28,991 22,169 -34.5% 30.8% -16.75% 0.94% 1.21% 0.95%
County Seat: Sayre % of gainful workers 4.9%
Number of Gainful Workers Class A – Persons out of a job, able to work, and looking for a job. Class B – Persons having jobs but on lay-off without pay, excluding those sick or voluntarily idle. Class A & B Totals
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
9,876 425 387 38 60 56 4 485 443 42