Guthrie, the community's townsite was platted in 1891 by Andrew Chester Tackitt (son of Rev.

Tackitt strongly opposed this proposition and led a charge to bring the seat to Guthrie, instead.

The next year, Tackitt and a man by the name of Charlie Bradford brought in lumber from the neighboring community of Seymour and constructed Guthrie's first school, a small, one-room building.

Being a company town, very few homes in Guthrie are privately owned; most residents live in housing provided by the 6666 (Four Sixes) or Pitchfork ranches, or the school district.

[4] Guthrie is located in west-central King County, on the north side of the South Wichita River.

Author Mitch Cullin graduated from Guthrie School in 1986, and while the setting of his early writings was often the town of Claude in Armstrong County, Cullin said in interviews that his novels Whompyjawed and Branches were based on Guthrie.