Blanton, Oklahoma

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Blanton
settlement_type = Populated Place
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map_caption = Location in Garfield County and the state of Oklahoma.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Oklahoma
subdivision_name2 = Garfield
elevation_ft = 1240
latd = 36 |latm = 25 |lats = 0 |latNS = N
longd = 97 |longm = 55 |longs = 37 |longEW = W
timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
elevation_m = 1314
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area_code = 580
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1100216 Blanton is a populated place [cite web | url=Gnis3|1100216 | title=Blanton, Oklahoma | work=Geographic Names Information System | publisher=United States Geological Survey | accessdate=2008-08-04 ] in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.

Geography

Blanton is located at coor dms|36|25|0|N|97|55|37|W|city (36.42778, -97.92667), 3.4 miles WNW of Enid. It is a part of the Lower Cimarron-Skeleton Watershed. [cite web | author = U.S. EPA | url = http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=11050002 | title = Lower Cimarron-Skeleton Watershed -- 11050002. Surf Your Watershed | accessdate =2008-08-04 ]

History

Blanton is an unused landmark [cite web | author = OkieLegacy | url = http://okielegacy.org/garfield/placenames.html | title = Garfield County "O" Place Names in NW Oklahoma | accessdate =2008-08-04 ] in Garfield County.

Blanton is currently located on mile 548.2 of the main track of BNSF Railway's Texas Division. [cite web | author = BNSF Railway | url = http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_sf.pdf | title = Texas Division Map, January 1, 2005 | accessdate =2008-08-05 ] .

Beginning in 1912, Blanton, Oklahoma was a rail stop for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. [cite web | author = University of Alabama | url = http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/oklahoma/index2.html | title = Historical Maps of Oklahoma | accessdate =2008-08-04 ] A second railline existed at Blanton junction, running to Kiowa, Kansas. This line, originally built for the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad, and later sold to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe was used to transport grain until the mid-1990s. [cite web | author = The Surface Transportation Board | url = http://www.stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/cf18e932d1c344f0852573c8000c96fc/694fa6cdb0dc0dbf8525654800783f1b?OpenDocument | title = Docket Number: AB_480_0_X | accessdate = ]

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