Blanton is an

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 ...

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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

Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad The Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (DE&G) was built as a short line railroad operating in Kansas, and Oklahoma. Incorporated in Oklahoma as the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad Company, March 31, 1902, by the five Frantz Brothers. History In Jun ...

(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

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Railroad classes, Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight tra ...

, 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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