Booker

History

Booker was founded seven miles north of where it currently sits, as LaKemp, Oklahoma, in 1909. Ten years later, though, when the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway was built from Shattuck, Oklahoma, to Spearman, Texas, the entire town moved seven miles across the state line to be near the railroad. The town was platted shortly before the move in 1917 by Thomas C. Spearman, who had Spearman named after him. LaKemp was renamed Booker in honor of one of the engineers for the railroad.

Geography

Booker is incorporated in Lipscomb County, and most of its territory lies in the northwestern corner of that county; only a small portion extends west into Ochiltree County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.7 km2), all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  83
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  76
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  57
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  52
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  47
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  38
• Grasshopper Sparrow

  Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  37
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  37

Most recent

• M 5 — 2026-07-23
  38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas
• M 2.67 — 2025-11-15
  13 km WNW of Knowles, Oklahoma
• M 2.9 — 2023-12-19
  6 km NE of Follett, Texas
• M 4.05 — 2021-05-25
  3 km WNW of Shattuck, Oklahoma
• M 2.7 — 2021-04-14
  34 km NNE of Skellytown, Texas
• M 4.3 — 2021-04-14
  34 km NNE of Skellytown, Texas