Blanton is an

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in Garfield County,

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, United States. It was a rail stop for two rail lines,Historical Maps of Oklahoma
University of Alabama (accessed May 30, 2010). one of which used to transport grain until the mid-1990s.The Surface Transportation Board: Docket Number: AB_480_0_X
(accessed May 30, 2010). It was named after

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(DE&G) executive W. B. Blanton.Cammalleri, Joseph A., ''Guthrie, Oklahoma: Always a Railroad Town'', pp. 43-44

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

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, 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 , 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

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's Texas Division.

References

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