Welcome to Tegarden ...

Tegarden is located in Woods County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tegarden, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Tegarden is 1,820 feet [555 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Tegarden lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Tegarden: 580

Communities near Tegarden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tegarden.

• Alva
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alva is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alva
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alva <3>
• Waynoka
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Waynoka is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynoka
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynoka <3>
• Freedom
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Freedom is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <3>
• Avard
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Avard is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avard
• Winchester
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Winchester is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
• Haskew ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Haskew is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskew
• Heman
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Heman is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
• Hopeton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopeton is located in Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopeton <3>
• Aetna ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Aetna is located in Barber County (KS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
• Eldred ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Eldred is located in Barber County (KS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tegarden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tegarden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tegarden. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tegarden.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tegarden. See our Newspapers Page for Tegarden.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tegarden ...

Looking for more information about Tegarden? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tegarden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tegarden.

Adding Tegarden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tegarden in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tegarden was on a map titled Map of Oklahoma (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tegarden.