The lay of the land
Washita County is 1,003 square miles of wide-open red-dirt plains under a big sky in southwest Oklahoma, home to about 11,000 people. Cordell is the county seat. The other towns are New Cordell, Burns Flat, Sentinel, Corn, and Canute. It touches Beckham, Caddo, Custer, and Kiowa Counties.
- 10,924people, 2020 Census
- 1,003square miles
- 10towns and places
New CordellBurns FlatSentinelCornCanuteDill CityBessie+3 more
Where stands set up here
In Cordell and New Cordell or Burns Flat 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 Washita 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 Washita 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, Beckham, Caddo, and Custer 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.
Washita County on the Cup mapHow to start a lemonade stand