Blanton, Oklahoma
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Blanton is an unincorporated community[1] in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. It was a rail stop for two rail lines,[2] one of which used to transport grain until the mid-1990s.[3] It was named after Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (DE&G) executive W. B. Blanton.[4]
History
As early as 1909, Blanton was a rail stop for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway.[2]
A second rail line existed at Blanton, running to Kiowa, Kansas. This line, originally built for the DE&G in 1904 and 1905[5] and later sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, was used to transport grain until the mid-1990s.[3] 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.[6]
Geography
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Blanton is currently located on mile 548.2 of the main track of BNSF Railway's Texas Division.[8]
References
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- ↑ a b Historical Maps of Oklahoma, University of Alabama (accessed May 30, 2010).
- ↑ a b The Surface Transportation Board: Docket Number: AB_480_0_X Template:Webarchive (accessed May 30, 2010).
- ↑ Cammalleri, Joseph A., Guthrie, Oklahoma: Always a Railroad Town, pp. 43-44
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