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Blanton, Oklahoma
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Blanton railroad stop in the mid-1990s
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1909 map of Garfield County, Oklahoma with Blanton.
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Garfield |
| Elevation | 1,240 ft (400 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1100216 |
Blanton is an unincorporated community in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. It was a rail stop for two rail lines, one of which used to transport grain until the mid-1990s. It was named after Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (DE&G) executive W. B. Blanton.
History
As early as 1909, Blanton was a rail stop for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway.
A second rail line existed at Blanton, running to Kiowa, Kansas. This line, originally built for the DE&G in 1904 and 1905 and later sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, was used to transport grain until the mid-1990s. An entity called the K & E Railway Company (K&E) acquired the then-unused Blanton to Kiowa branch from the Santa Fe in 1996; but, finding no interest in area grain companies to reactivate the line rather than continuing truck shipments to Enid, the K&E applied for and was granted permission later in the year to abandon the line.
Geography
Blanton is located at 36°25′38″N 97°55′35″W / 36.42722°N 97.92639°W, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west-northwest of Enid. It is a part of the Lower Cimarron-Skeleton Watershed.
Blanton is currently located on mile 548.2 of the main track of BNSF Railway's Texas Division.
