The lay of the land
Garvin County is 802 square miles of rolling hills and spring-water country in south central Oklahoma, home to about 26,000 people. Pauls Valley is the county seat. The other towns are Lindsay, Wynnewood, Stratford, Elmore City, and Paoli. It touches Carter, Grady, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, and Stephens Counties.
- 25,656people, 2020 Census
- 802square miles
- 10towns and places
★ Pauls ValleyLindsayWynnewoodStratfordElmore CityPaoliKatieFoster+2 more
Where stands set up here
In Pauls Valley and Lindsay or Wynnewood the sure bets are a front yard on a through street, the ball fields on game night, and the market or the square on a Saturday. Everyone drives the same roads; set up on one of them.
Your own yard or drivewayPrivate property. Yours. Nobody to ask.
A park, a market, the ball fieldsPublic. Ask whoever runs it, or city hall, first.
A church lot, a feed store, a shop’s porchAsk the owner. Most are glad to say yes.
Lemonade stand ideasLemonade stand prices
The law in Garvin County
The same as everywhere in Oklahoma: a kid’s lemonade stand needs no permit, no license and no inspection
under the state’s food freedom law, 2 O.S. § 5-4.3. The law asks for one sign at the stand, and the stand kit prints it.
Towns can have their own rules for selling in public places — your own driveway is private.
Lemonade stand permit rules in OklahomaThe law, quoted
The County Cup here
No stand has listed in Garvin County yet, so there is no race. The first stand to list takes the county’s Founder badge for good, and the second starts the race. Next door, Carter, Grady, and McClain are waiting too. The Summer 2027 season opens June 1; voting runs July 15 to August 24, with National Lemonade Day on August 20 right in the middle.
Garvin County on the Cup mapHow to start a lemonade stand