unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States. The ZIP code is 74528. The Census Bureau defined a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) for Blanco in 2015; the 2010 population within the 2015 CDP boundary is 96 and contains 52 housing units.
History
A post office was established at Blanco, Indian Territory on August 31, 1901. Blanco was named for
Ramón Blanco y Erenas Ramón or Ramon may refer to:
People Given name
*Ramón (footballer, born 1950), Brazilian footballer
* Ramón (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Ramón (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
*Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Br ...
, one-time governor general of Cuba. The post office opened August 31, 1901.
At the time of its founding, the community was located in the
Moshulatubbee District
Moshulatubbee District was one of three provinces, or districts, comprising the former Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory. Also called the First District, it encompassed the northern one-third of the nation. In some historic records it is spel ...
of the Choctaw Nation. It was located in either Atoka County or Tobucksy County. The settlement was in the area of the county boundary, and differing maps of the era show it in each.
Demographics
Notable people
* Pryor McBee, Major League Baseball pitcher, was born in Blanco in 1901.
* Royce H. Savage, United States Federal Court judge, was born in Blanco in 1904.
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Gene Stipe
Eugene Edward "Gene" Stipe (October 21, 1926 – July 21, 2012) was an American politician from Oklahoma who holds the record as the longest serving member of the Oklahoma Senate. His influence in the state senate earned him the nickname "the Pri ...
, the longest-serving member of the Oklahoma Senate, was born in Blanco in 1926.