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Hardesty is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 212.

Hardesty town overview:
Name:	Hardesty town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Oklahoma
County:	Texas County
Elevation:	2,907 ft (886 m)
Total Area:	0.23 sq mi (0.58 km²)
Land Area:	0.23 sq mi (0.58 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	205
Population Density:	911.11/sq mi (352.22/km²)
ZIP code:	73944
Area code:	580
FIPS code:	4032550
GNISfeature ID:	1093528

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History

The original Hardesty was four miles northeast of the present community. It had a post office in 1887, with the name honoring A.J. “Jack” Hardesty, who had interests in the area. However, the Rock Island railroad bypassed the town in 1901 and created the locale that became Guymon, Oklahoma. Most of Hardesty’s residents and businesses relocated to Guymon, and the original town withered.

When a second Rock Island line later came through the county near the old Hardesty in 1929, a new community along the route was named Hardesty at the insistence of locals. However, growth of the new Hardesty was stunted by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The town nevertheless incorporated in 1947 and remains in place, complete with a post office and a school district covering 250 square miles.

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Geography

Hardesty is just south of the Coldwater Creek arm of the Optima Lake project, including Optima National Wildlife Refuge, and the Optima Wildlife Management Area public hunting lands managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The town is approximately 18 miles southeast of Guymon along Oklahoma State Highway 3, which runs concurrently with U.S. Route 412 through Hardesty.