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8,362
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$78,500
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Blanchard, OK - History
We would like to provide the residents of Blanchard a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Blanchard Home page. The Blanchard Home page provides as much information as possible on Blanchard. Knowing Blanchard’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Blanchard’s Home page, you will also find Blanchard’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Blanchard has a population of 8362. 47.3% of Blanchard’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.7 are female. 63.9% of Blanchard is married and 83.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $197,022, and the average rent is $797. Household median income in Blanchard is $78,500, and the individual median income is $41,086. Blanchard’s Ethnic is the following: White(87.1%), Hispanic(5.8%), Multiple(5.8%), Native(4.9%), Black(2.2%), Pacific(0.1%).
The center of Blanchard is situated in Township 8 North, Range 4 West, Section 30 in northwestern McClain County. Named after William G. "Bill" Blanchard, the community was organized originally by the Canadian Valley Construction Company, which also planned to build a railroad. However, the company went into bankruptcy, and the railroad came under the control of the Oklahoma Central Railroad which also experienced financial problems.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway took over and completed the line. The townsite was established by three lot sales beginning with the Canadian Valley Construction Company sale on September 19, 1906. The second sale was held on July 18, 1907, and final lots were sold on March 25, 1908, by the Blanchard Townsite Company.
Within a year the town was described as having forty business establishments, including a state and a national bank, four blacksmith shops, three livery barns, two grain elevators, and a weekly newspaper. Several incorporation dates are reported in various publications about the history of Blanchard, and the town offices as well.
The most reliable source seems to be the Blanchard Record of October 25, 1907, which reported, "That Blanchard is now an incorporated town is realized by but a few of our citizens. The petition praying for incorporation was favorably acted upon at the [federal] courts at Chickasha [sic] last week. On or about November 19 notice of an election of officers will be given.
In the meantime, candidates will be chosen."A population of 629 was reported by 1910, and 1,040 in 1930. The Blanchard post office charter was granted by the Post Office Department on December 19, 1906. Mail had previously been received at Womack. When Arthur H. "Art" and Bill Blanchard moved their store from Womack to the new townsite in 1906, they took the post office with them. In 1909, the Northern District Court was established whereby McClain County was divided into two sections for legal matters for the convenience of the citizens.
A courthouse was built in Blanchard, and the first case began on December 13, 1909. The district was disestablished in the late 1920s and combined with District One in Purcell, the county seat. At the turn of the 21st-century legal records could be found at Blanchard.
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