| Official Name: | Blanton, Oklahoma |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oklahoma |
| Subdivision Name2: | Garfield |
| Elevation Ft: | 1240 |
| Coordinates: | 36.4272°N -97.9264°W |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 400 |
| Area Code: | 580 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1100216 |
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]
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]
Blanton is located at 36.4272°N -97.9264°W, 3.4miles west-northwest of Enid. It is a part of the Lower Cimarron-Skeleton Watershed.[7]
Blanton is currently located on mile 548.2 of the main track of BNSF Railway's Texas Division.[8]