Hext is an unincorporated rural community in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States.

The town was named after a local resident, William Hext.

[3] Settlement in the general area of Hext occurred when the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (later the Rock Island Railroad) built a line west through the area.

[4] On the western side of the village, on the south side of Route 66 is an old stone building belonging to a filling station whose service bay was reconverted into a house after the pumps were removed.

The major economic activities in the area are horse breeding and farming.