Coalton, Oklahoma Explained

Coalton is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.^[1] It is less than 11 miles south of the City of Okmulgee, and just east of US Route 62/US Route 75.^[2] In the Henryetta Coal Formation coal-mining region and an oil-producing area,^[3] the town in its heyday had its own newspaper, The Coalton Enterprise,^[4] and was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River carrying the coal out of the Coalton, Schulter and Dewar producing areas from 1916 to 1964.^[5] The Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by two coal companies in Coalton—Coalton Coal Company and Davis Coal Company—of almost 17,000 tons annually.^[6]

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35.4975°N -95.9392°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coalton: Basic Facts and Information. HomeTownLocator. May 8, 2021.
2. Web site: Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Coalton, Oklahoma. Google Maps. May 8, 2021.
3. In 1910 the Smith and Swan Oil Company discovered the Coalton Pool with the sinking of what came to be known as the "picnic well," because the company held a picnic on the site on the day of discovery. Web site: National Register of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation Form, ‘Energy-Related Properties in Northeastern Oklahoma,’ Section E, Page 11. National Park Service. May 8, 2021.
4. Web site: The Coalton Enterprise, Vol. 1, Number 1, November 4, 1915. Oklahoma Historical Society. May 8, 2021.
5. Web site: Refuge Racoon’s Words on Wildlife, I Hear the Train A’Coming. Henryetta Free-Lance, January 26, 2018 (accessed on eTypes Archives). January 26, 2021.
6. Web site: Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals, 1943, page 15. Oklahoma Digital Prairie. May 8, 2021.